initial import of the packaging package in the standard library
diff --git a/Lib/packaging/command/check.py b/Lib/packaging/command/check.py
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+"""Check PEP compliance of metadata."""
+
+from packaging import logger
+from packaging.command.cmd import Command
+from packaging.errors import PackagingSetupError
+from packaging.util import resolve_name
+
+class check(Command):
+
+    description = "check PEP compliance of metadata"
+
+    user_options = [('metadata', 'm', 'Verify metadata'),
+                    ('all', 'a',
+                     ('runs extended set of checks')),
+                    ('strict', 's',
+                     'Will exit with an error if a check fails')]
+
+    boolean_options = ['metadata', 'all', 'strict']
+
+    def initialize_options(self):
+        """Sets default values for options."""
+        self.all = False
+        self.metadata = True
+        self.strict = False
+        self._warnings = []
+
+    def finalize_options(self):
+        pass
+
+    def warn(self, msg, *args):
+        """Wrapper around logging that also remembers messages."""
+        # XXX we could use a special handler for this, but would need to test
+        # if it works even if the logger has a too high level
+        self._warnings.append((msg, args))
+        return logger.warning(self.get_command_name() + msg, *args)
+
+    def run(self):
+        """Runs the command."""
+        # perform the various tests
+        if self.metadata:
+            self.check_metadata()
+        if self.all:
+            self.check_restructuredtext()
+            self.check_hooks_resolvable()
+
+        # let's raise an error in strict mode, if we have at least
+        # one warning
+        if self.strict and len(self._warnings) > 0:
+            msg = '\n'.join(msg % args for msg, args in self._warnings)
+            raise PackagingSetupError(msg)
+
+    def check_metadata(self):
+        """Ensures that all required elements of metadata are supplied.
+
+        name, version, URL, author
+
+        Warns if any are missing.
+        """
+        missing, warnings = self.distribution.metadata.check(strict=True)
+        if missing != []:
+            self.warn('missing required metadata: %s', ', '.join(missing))
+        for warning in warnings:
+            self.warn(warning)
+
+    def check_restructuredtext(self):
+        """Checks if the long string fields are reST-compliant."""
+        missing, warnings = self.distribution.metadata.check(restructuredtext=True)
+        if self.distribution.metadata.docutils_support:
+            for warning in warnings:
+                line = warning[-1].get('line')
+                if line is None:
+                    warning = warning[1]
+                else:
+                    warning = '%s (line %s)' % (warning[1], line)
+                self.warn(warning)
+        elif self.strict:
+            raise PackagingSetupError('The docutils package is needed.')
+
+    def check_hooks_resolvable(self):
+        for options in self.distribution.command_options.values():
+            for hook_kind in ("pre_hook", "post_hook"):
+                if hook_kind not in options:
+                    break
+                for hook_name in options[hook_kind][1].values():
+                    try:
+                        resolve_name(hook_name)
+                    except ImportError:
+                        self.warn('name %r cannot be resolved', hook_name)