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+# Copyright (C) 1998-2008 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This program 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 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301,
+# USA.
+
+import os
+import sys
+import shutil
+
+from mailman import Errors
+from mailman import Utils
+from mailman.app.lifecycle import remove_list
+from mailman.configuration import config
+from mailman.i18n import _
+from mailman.options import MultipleMailingListOptions
+
+
+
+class ScriptOptions(MultipleMailingListOptions):
+    usage=_("""\
+%prog [options]
+
+Remove the components of a mailing list with impunity - beware!
+
+This removes (almost) all traces of a mailing list.  By default, the lists
+archives are not removed, which is very handy for retiring old lists.
+""")
+
+    def add_options(self):
+        super(ScriptOptions, self).add_options()
+        self.parser.add_option(
+            '-a', '--archives',
+            default=False, action='store_true',
+            help=_("""\
+Remove the list's archives too, or if the list has already been deleted,
+remove any residual archives."""))
+        self.parser.add_option(
+            '-q', '--quiet',
+            default=False, action='store_true',
+            help=_('Suppress status messages'))
+
+    def sanity_check(self):
+        if len(self.options.listnames) == 0:
+            self.parser.error(_('Nothing to do'))
+        if len(self.arguments) > 0:
+            self.parser.error(_('Unexpected arguments'))
+
+
+
+def main():
+    options = ScriptOptions()
+    options.initialize()
+
+    for fqdn_listname in options.options.listnames:
+        if not options.options.quiet:
+            print _('Removing list: $fqdn_listname')
+        mlist = config.db.list_manager.get(fqdn_listname)
+        if mlist is None:
+            if options.options.archives:
+                print _("""\
+No such list: ${fqdn_listname}.  Removing its residual archives.""")
+            else:
+                print >> sys.stderr, _(
+                    'No such list (or list already deleted): $fqdn_listname')
+
+        if not options.options.archives:
+            print _('Not removing archives.  Reinvoke with -a to remove them.')
+
+        remove_list(fqdn_listname, mlist, options.options.archives)
+        config.db.commit()
+
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()