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["Stefan Hornburg (Racke)" <address@concealed>]

On 09/22/2017 09:54 PM, Matt Taggart wrote:
> Hi sympa,
> 
> To close large lists we use the command line method:
> 
>   sympa.pl --close_list=list@robot
> 
> since the process takes long enough that the web method times out.
> 
> Today we ran into a situation where were needed to _restore_ a large
> list, but there doesn't seem to be a --restore_list option.
> 
> I took a look at what wwsympa is doing and for closing lists (in
> do_close_list) and it's calling the generic $list->close from List.pm,
> but for restoring lists (in do_restore_list) it's doing a bunch of
> the work itself (change status, save config, restore subscriber dump,
> insert users in db, savestats, setup aliases, etc).
> 
> Any chance that could be refactored and moved into a $list->restore
> in List.pm and we could also get a --restore_list option?
> 
> Thanks,
> 

Hello Matt,

it makes sense to me to have such an option.

Creating a GH issue on this is likely to increase the chances
to get this implemented.

Regards
         Racke

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