+ # xxx Thierry : an ugly hack to get the tests to pass again
+ # probably this needs to be trashed
+ # the original code returned the <sliver /> tag,
+ # but we prefer the <node> father node instead as it already holds data
+ # initially this was to preserve the nodename...
+ # xxx I don't get the ' | //default:node/default:sliver' ...
+ @staticmethod
+ def get_nodes_with_slivers_thierry(xml):
+ # dropping the ''
+ xpath = '//node[count (sliver)>0]'
+ node_elems = xml.xpath(xpath)
+ # we need to check/recompute the node data
+
+ return node_elems
+