diff -Naur smart-0.51/smart/__init__.py smart-0.51.tpg/smart/__init__.py
--- smart-0.51/smart/__init__.py	2007-01-15 19:27:34.000000000 +0000
+++ smart-0.51.tpg/smart/__init__.py	2007-08-29 09:55:19.000000000 +0000
@@ -166,19 +166,19 @@
     if os.path.isdir(PLUGINSDIR):
         entries.extend(os.listdir(PLUGINSDIR))
     for entry in os.listdir(pluginsdir):
-        if entry != "__init__.py" and entry.endswith(".py"):
-            __import__("smart.plugins."+entry[:-3])
+        if entry != "__init__.pyc" and entry.endswith(".pyc"):
+            __import__("smart.plugins."+entry[:-4])
         else:
             entrypath = os.path.join(pluginsdir, entry)
             if os.path.isdir(entrypath):
-                initpath = os.path.join(entrypath, "__init__.py")
+                initpath = os.path.join(entrypath, "__init__.pyc")
                 if os.path.isfile(initpath):
                     __import__("smart.plugins."+entry)
     backendsdir = os.path.dirname(backends.__file__)
     for entry in os.listdir(backendsdir):
         entrypath = os.path.join(backendsdir, entry)
         if os.path.isdir(entrypath):
-            initpath = os.path.join(entrypath, "__init__.py")
+            initpath = os.path.join(entrypath, "__init__.pyc")
             if os.path.isfile(initpath):
                 __import__("smart.backends."+entry)
 
diff -Naur smart-0.51/smart/channel.py smart-0.51.tpg/smart/channel.py
--- smart-0.51/smart/channel.py	2005-12-14 19:27:17.000000000 +0000
+++ smart-0.51.tpg/smart/channel.py	2007-08-29 09:55:19.000000000 +0000
@@ -296,8 +296,8 @@
     filenames = os.listdir(os.path.dirname(channels.__file__))
     infos = {}
     for filename in filenames:
-        if filename.endswith("_info.py"):
-            type = filename[:-8].replace("_", "-")
+        if filename.endswith("_info.pyc"):
+            type = filename[:-9].replace("_", "-")
             infos[type] = getChannelInfo(type)
     return infos