def distinfo_dirname(cls, name, version):
        """
        The *name* and *version* parameters are converted into their
        filename-escaped form, i.e. any ``'-'`` characters are replaced
        with ``'_'`` other than the one in ``'dist-info'`` and the one
        separating the name from the version number.

        :parameter name: is converted to a standard distribution name by replacing
                         any runs of non- alphanumeric characters with a single
                         ``'-'``.
        :type name: string
        :parameter version: is converted to a standard version string. Spaces
                            become dots, and all other non-alphanumeric characters
                            (except dots) become dashes, with runs of multiple
                            dashes condensed to a single dash.
        :type version: string
        :returns: directory name
        :rtype: string"""
        name = name.replace('-', '_')
        return '-'.join([name, version]) + DISTINFO_EXT