diff --git a/src/pisi/archive.py b/src/pisi/archive.py
index dd89efba..285a1dce 100644
--- a/src/pisi/archive.py
+++ b/src/pisi/archive.py
@@ -1,3 +1,39 @@
 # utilities to extract and build archives of zip, tar, targz, tarbz2
 # maintainer: baris and meren
 
+import config
+
+class ArchiveTarGZ:
+    def __init__(self, filename):
+	print "testing...%s" %filename
+
+    def unpack(self):
+	print "unpack is cool"
+
+class ArchiveTarBZ2:
+    pass
+
+class ArchiveZip:
+    pass
+
+class ArchiveTar:
+    pass
+
+class Archive:
+    """Unpack magic for Archive files..."""
+
+    def __init__(self, type, filename):
+	"""accepted archive types:
+	targz, tarbz2, zip, tar"""	
+	
+	actions = {
+	    'targz': ArchiveTarGZ,
+	    'tarbz2': ArchiveTarBZ2,
+	    'zip': ArchiveZip,
+	    'tar': ArchiveTar
+	    }
+	
+	self.archive = actions.get(type)(filename)
+
+    def unpack(self):
+	self.archive.unpack()