Index: compat2and3.py
==================================================================
--- compat2and3.py
+++ compat2and3.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # encoding: UTF-8
 # api: python 
 # type: functions
 # title: Python2 and Python3 compatibility
-# version: 0.1
+# version: 0.2
 #
 # Renames some Python3 modules into their Py2 equivalent.
 # Slim local alternative to `six` module.
 
 
@@ -30,10 +30,14 @@
     import urlparse
     import cookielib
     
     # filesys
     from StringIO import StringIO
+    from gzip import GzipFile
+    def gzip_decode(bytes):
+        return GzipFile(fileobj=StringIO(bytes)).read()
+        # return zlib.decompress(bytes, 16 + zlib.MAX_WBITS)    # not fully compatible
 
 
 # Python 3
 else:
 
@@ -52,7 +56,19 @@
     import urllib.parse as urlparse
     from http import cookiejar as cookielib
     
     # filesys
     from io import StringIO
+    from gzip import decompress as gzip_decode
+
+
+# Both
+
+# find_executable() is only needed by channels/configwin
+try:
+    from distutils.spawn import find_executable
+except:
+    def find_executable(bin):
+        exists = [os.path.exists(dir+"/"+bin) for dir in os.environ.get("PATH").split(":")+["/"]]
+        return exists[0] if len(exists) else None
 
     

Index: config.py
==================================================================
--- config.py
+++ config.py
@@ -24,23 +24,15 @@
 import sys
 import json
 import gzip
 import platform
 import re
+from compat2and3 import gzip_decode, find_executable
 import zlib
 import zipfile
 import inspect
 import pkgutil
-
-# find_executable() is only needed by channels/configwin
-try:
-    from distutils.spawn import find_executable
-except:
-    def find_executable(bin):
-        exists = [os.path.exists(dir+"/"+bin) for dir in os.environ.get("PATH").split(":")+["/"]]
-        return exists[0] if len(exists) else None
-
 
 # export symbols
 __all__ = ["conf", "__print__", "dbg", "plugin_meta", "module_list", "get_data", "find_executable"]
 
 
@@ -260,15 +252,15 @@
         
 
 
 # Retrieve content from install path or pyzip archive (alias for pkgutil.get_data)
 #
-def get_data(fn, decode=False, z=False, file_base="config"):
+def get_data(fn, decode=False, gz=False, file_base="config"):
     try:
         bin = pkgutil.get_data(file_base, fn)
-        if z:
-            bin = zlib.decompress(bin)
+        if gz:
+            bin = gzip_decode(bin)
         if decode:
             return bin.decode("utf-8")
         else:
             return str(bin)
     except: