--- test_mkcfg.py	2011-03-05 12:38:12.000000000 +0530
+++ test_mkcfg.py	2011-03-21 11:29:05.000000000 +0530
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
 from distutils2.tests import run_unittest, support, unittest
 from distutils2.mkcfg import MainProgram
 from distutils2.mkcfg import ask_yn, ask, main
-from distutils2 import version
-
+from distutils2 import version 
 
 class MkcfgTestCase(support.TempdirManager,
                     unittest.TestCase):
@@ -77,7 +76,18 @@
         self.assertEqual(set(main.data['extra_files']),
                          set(['setup.cfg', 'README', 'data/data1']))
 
-        def test_convert_setup_py_to_cfg(self):
+    def test_version(self):
+	# making sure that the version is pep 386 compatible
+	main=MainProgram()
+	test_versions=['0.1dev0','1.0','1.0-alpha1','1.5a1.r09']
+	test_wrong_versions=['abc','ab bc']
+	for versions in test_versions:
+	    self.assertIsNotNone(version.suggest_normalized_version(versions))
+	for versions in test_wrong_versions:
+	    self.assertIsNone(version.suggest_normalized_version(versions))	
+
+    def test_convert_setup_py_to_cfg(self):
         self.write_file((self.wdir, 'setup.py'),
                         dedent("""
         # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-