diff --git a/pisi.e3p b/pisi.e3p
index b96b2bd5..2f826fcc 100644
--- a/pisi.e3p
+++ b/pisi.e3p
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE Project SYSTEM "Project-3.8.dtd">
 <!-- Project file for project pisi -->
-<!-- Saved: 2005-11-05, 22:49:17 -->
-<!-- Copyright (C) 2005 PiSi Development Team, pisi@uludag.org.tr -->
+<!-- Saved: 2005-11-08, 17:43:53 -->
+<!-- Copyright (C) 2005 PiSi Development Team,  -->
 <Project version="3.8">
   <ProgLanguage mixed="0">Python</ProgLanguage>
   <UIType>Qt</UIType>
   <Description>The package management software of Pardus distribution.
 </Description>
-  <VersIon></VersIon>
   <Author>PiSi Development Team</Author>
-  <EmaIl>pisi@uludag.org.tr</EmaIl>
+  <Email></Email>
   <Sources>
     <Source>
       <Dir>tools</Dir>
@@ -263,10 +262,6 @@
       <Dir>pisi</Dir>
       <Name>archive.py</Name>
     </Source>
-    <Source>
-      <Dir>pisi</Dir>
-      <Name>xmlext.py</Name>
-    </Source>
     <Source>
       <Dir>pisi</Dir>
       <Name>version.py</Name>
@@ -418,10 +413,10 @@
     <VcsOtherData>{'standardLayout': 1}</VcsOtherData>
   </Vcs>
   <FiletypeAssociations>
-    <FiletypeAssociation pattern="*.ui.h" type="FORMS" />
-    <FiletypeAssociation pattern="*.ui" type="FORMS" />
-    <FiletypeAssociation pattern="*.idl" type="INTERFACES" />
-    <FiletypeAssociation pattern="*.ptl" type="SOURCES" />
     <FiletypeAssociation pattern="*.py" type="SOURCES" />
+    <FiletypeAssociation pattern="*.ui.h" type="FORMS" />
+    <FiletypeAssociation pattern="*.idl" type="INTERFACES" />
+    <FiletypeAssociation pattern="*.ui" type="FORMS" />
+    <FiletypeAssociation pattern="*.ptl" type="SOURCES" />
   </FiletypeAssociations>
 </Project>
diff --git a/pisi/xmlextmom.py b/pisi/xmlextmdom.py
similarity index 85%
rename from pisi/xmlextmom.py
rename to pisi/xmlextmdom.py
index d3527576..10d905a5 100644
--- a/pisi/xmlextmom.py
+++ b/pisi/xmlextmdom.py
@@ -11,11 +11,13 @@
 #
 # Authors:  Eray Ozkural <eray@uludag.org.tr>
 #           Baris Metin <baris@uludag.org.tr
+#           Gurer Ozen <gurer@uludag.org.tr>
 
 """
- some helper functions for using minidom
+ some helper functions implemented with minidom
  function names are mixedCase for compatibility with minidom,
- an old library
+ an 'old library'
+ note: this is a particularly inefficient implementation of xmlext.
 """
 
 import gettext
@@ -28,17 +30,19 @@ class XmlError(pisi.Error):
     "named this way because the class if mostly used with an import *"
     pass
 
-#FIXME: these Node's in the following routines seem redundant
-
 def getNodeAttribute(node, attrname):
     """get named attribute from DOM node"""
     if not node.hasAttribute(attrname):
         return None
     return node.getAttribute(attrname)
 
+def getChildElts(node):
+    """get only child elements"""
+    return filter(lambda x:x.nodeType == x.ELEMENT_NODE, node.childNodes)
+
 def getTagByName(parent, childName):
     return [x for x in parent.childNodes
-            if x.nodeType == x.ELEMENT_NODE if x.tagName == childName]
+            if x.nodeType == x.ELEMENT_NODE and x.tagName == childName]
 
 def getNodeText(node, tagpath = ""):
     """get the first child and expect it to be text!"""
@@ -63,10 +67,6 @@ def getChildText(node_s, tagpath):
         return None
     return getNodeText(node)
 
-def getChildElts(node):
-    """get only child elements"""
-    return filter(lambda x:x.nodeType == x.ELEMENT_NODE, node.childNodes)
-
 def getNode(node, tagpath):
     """returns the *first* matching node for given tag path."""
 
@@ -75,35 +75,24 @@ def getNode(node, tagpath):
     assert len(tags)>0
 
     # iterative code to search for the path
-        
-    # get DOM for top node
-    nodeList = getTagByName(node, tags[0])
-    if len(nodeList) == 0:
-        return None                 # not found
-
-    node = nodeList[0]              # discard other matches
-    for tag in tags[1:]:
-        nodeList = getTagByName(node, tag)
-        if len(nodeList) == 0:
-            return None
-        else:
-            node = nodeList[0]
-
-    return node
+    for tag in tags:
+        for child in node.childNodes:
+            if child.nodeType == node.ELEMENT_NODE and child.tagName == tag:
+                return child
+        return None
 
 def getAllNodes(node, tagPath):
     """retrieve all nodes that match a given tag path."""
 
+    #FIXME: better tag split
     tags = tagPath.split('/')
 
     if len(tags) == 0:
         return []
 
-    nodeList = getTagByName(node, tags[0])
-    if len(nodeList) == 0:
-        return []
+    nodeList = [node] # basis case
 
-    for tag in tags[1:]:
+    for tag in tags:
         results = map(lambda x: getTagByName(x, tag), nodeList)
         nodeList = []
         for x in results: