initial import of the packaging package in the standard library
diff --git a/Lib/packaging/tests/test_command_bdist_msi.py b/Lib/packaging/tests/test_command_bdist_msi.py
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+++ b/Lib/packaging/tests/test_command_bdist_msi.py
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+"""Tests for distutils.command.bdist_msi."""
+import sys
+
+from packaging.tests import unittest, support
+
+
+class BDistMSITestCase(support.TempdirManager,
+                       support.LoggingCatcher,
+                       unittest.TestCase):
+
+    @unittest.skipUnless(sys.platform == "win32", "runs only on win32")
+    def test_minimal(self):
+        # minimal test XXX need more tests
+        from packaging.command.bdist_msi import bdist_msi
+        pkg_pth, dist = self.create_dist()
+        cmd = bdist_msi(dist)
+        cmd.ensure_finalized()
+
+
+def test_suite():
+    return unittest.makeSuite(BDistMSITestCase)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main(defaultTest='test_suite')