diff --git a/Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py b/Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py
index 3025ed7..489ae52 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py
+++ b/Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py
@@ -520,11 +520,29 @@
 
     __len__ = _get_length
 
-    def __cmp__(self, other):
+    def _cmp(self, other):
         if self._attrs is getattr(other, "_attrs", None):
             return 0
         else:
-            return cmp(id(self), id(other))
+            return (id(self) > id(other)) - (id(self) < id(other))
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        return self._cmp(other) == 0
+
+    def __ge__(self, other):
+        return self._cmp(other) >= 0
+
+    def __gt__(self, other):
+        return self._cmp(other) > 0
+
+    def __le__(self, other):
+        return self._cmp(other) <= 0
+
+    def __lt__(self, other):
+        return self._cmp(other) < 0
+
+    def __ne__(self, other):
+        return self._cmp(other) != 0
 
     def __getitem__(self, attname_or_tuple):
         if isinstance(attname_or_tuple, tuple):
diff --git a/Lib/xml/etree/ElementTree.py b/Lib/xml/etree/ElementTree.py
index 782af81..cfac4f7 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/etree/ElementTree.py
+++ b/Lib/xml/etree/ElementTree.py
@@ -498,10 +498,30 @@
         return self.text
     def __hash__(self):
         return hash(self.text)
-    def __cmp__(self, other):
+    def __le__(self, other):
         if isinstance(other, QName):
-            return cmp(self.text, other.text)
-        return cmp(self.text, other)
+            return self.text <= other.text
+        return self.text <= other
+    def __lt__(self, other):
+        if isinstance(other, QName):
+            return self.text < other.text
+        return self.text < other
+    def __ge__(self, other):
+        if isinstance(other, QName):
+            return self.text >= other.text
+        return self.text >= other
+    def __gt__(self, other):
+        if isinstance(other, QName):
+            return self.text > other.text
+        return self.text > other
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        if isinstance(other, QName):
+            return self.text == other.text
+        return self.text == other
+    def __ne__(self, other):
+        if isinstance(other, QName):
+            return self.text != other.text
+        return self.text != other
 
 ##
 # ElementTree wrapper class.  This class represents an entire element