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+# Copyright (C) 1998-2009 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/>.
+
+import optparse
+
+from mailman import version
+from mailman.i18n import _
+
+
+
+def parseargs():
+    parser = optparse.OptionParser(version=version.MAILMAN_VERSION,
+                                   usage=_("""\
+%prog
+
+Print the Mailman version and exit."""))
+    opts, args = parser.parse_args()
+    if args:
+        parser.error(_('Unexpected arguments'))
+    return parser, opts, args
+
+
+
+def main():
+    parser, opts, args = parseargs()
+    # Yes, this is kind of silly
+    print _('Using $version.MAILMAN_VERSION ($version.CODENAME)')
+
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()