diff --git a/py/__init__.py b/py/__init__.py
index f6084146e..711d8ab22 100644
--- a/py/__init__.py
+++ b/py/__init__.py
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ version = "0.9.1-alpha"
 
 initpkg(__name__,
     description = "py lib: agile development and test support library",
-    revision = int('$LastChangedRevision: 40832 $'.split(':')[1][:-1]),
-    lastchangedate = '$LastChangedDate: 2007-03-20 13:11:31 +0100 (Tue, 20 Mar 2007) $',
+    revision = int('$LastChangedRevision: 40834 $'.split(':')[1][:-1]),
+    lastchangedate = '$LastChangedDate: 2007-03-20 13:20:33 +0100 (Tue, 20 Mar 2007) $',
     version = version, 
     url = "http://codespeak.net/py",
-    download_url = "xxx", # "http://codespeak.net/download/py/py-%s.tar.gz" %(version,), 
+    download_url = "XXX", # "http://codespeak.net/download/py/py-%s.tar.gz" %(version,), 
     license = "MIT license",
     platforms = ['unix', 'linux', 'cygwin', 'win32'],
     author = "holger krekel, Carl Friedrich Bolz, Guido Wesdorp, Maciej Fijalkowski, Armin Rigo & others",
diff --git a/py/misc/testing/test_initpkg.py b/py/misc/testing/test_initpkg.py
index 263071803..978b5a447 100644
--- a/py/misc/testing/test_initpkg.py
+++ b/py/misc/testing/test_initpkg.py
@@ -255,5 +255,10 @@ class TestRealModule:
 def test_url_of_version():
     #py.test.skip("FAILING! - provide a proper URL or upload pylib tgz")
     from urllib import URLopener
-    URLopener().open(py.__package__.download_url)
+    url = py.__package__.download_url
+    if url.lower() == "xxx":
+        assert py.__package__.version.find("alpha") != -1
+    else:
+        URLopener().open(url) 
+