3 files changed, 60 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/mailman/commands/cli_info.py b/src/mailman/commands/cli_info.py
index a710e3bd7..b5a0e8e5d 100644
--- a/src/mailman/commands/cli_info.py
+++ b/src/mailman/commands/cli_info.py
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ class Info:
 
     def process(self, args):
         """See `ICLISubCommand`."""
-
         if args.output is None:
             output = sys.stdout
         else:
diff --git a/src/mailman/commands/cli_version.py b/src/mailman/commands/cli_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d4ca9e96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mailman/commands/cli_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2009 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This file is part of GNU Mailman.
+#
+# GNU Mailman is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+# the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+#
+# GNU Mailman is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+# more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+# GNU Mailman.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""The Mailman version."""
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+
+__metaclass__ = type
+__all__ = [
+    'Version',
+    ]
+
+
+from zope.interface import implements
+
+from mailman.interfaces.command import ICLISubCommand
+from mailman.version import MAILMAN_VERSION_FULL
+
+
+
+class Version:
+    """Mailman's version."""
+
+    implements(ICLISubCommand)
+
+    name = 'version'
+
+    def add(self, parser, command_parser):
+        """See `ICLISubCommand`."""
+        # No extra options.
+        pass
+
+    def process(self, args):
+        """See `ICLISubCommand`."""
+        print MAILMAN_VERSION_FULL
diff --git a/src/mailman/commands/docs/version.txt b/src/mailman/commands/docs/version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9987066e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mailman/commands/docs/version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+====================
+Printing the version
+====================
+
+You can print the Mailman version number.
+
+    >>> from mailman.commands.cli_version import Version
+    >>> command = Version()
+
+    >>> command.process(None)
+    GNU Mailman 3...