--- mkcfg.py	2011-02-11 23:11:29.000000000 +0530
+++ mkcfg.py	2011-02-20 13:55:55.337280000 +0530
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import shutil
 from ConfigParser import RawConfigParser
 from textwrap import dedent
+from distutils2 import version
 try:
     from hashlib import md5
 except ImportError:
@@ -365,8 +366,19 @@
     def query_user(self):
         self.data['name'] = ask('Project name', self.data['name'],
               _helptext['name'])
-        self.data['version'] = ask('Current version number',
-              self.data.get('version'), _helptext['version'])
+	
+	while True:
+            self.data['version'] = ask('Current version number',
+                  self.data.get('version'), _helptext['version'])
+	    suggested_version = version.suggest_normalized_version(self.data['version'])
+
+	    if suggested_version == self.data['version']:
+	        break
+	    elif suggested_version != None:
+	        if ask_yn('Would you like to use this suggested version ? ') == 'y':
+		    self.data['version'] = suggested_version
+	        break
+	
         self.data['summary'] = ask('Package summary',
               self.data.get('summary'), _helptext['summary'],
               lengthy=True)