=== modified file 'src/mailman/utilities/importer.py'
--- src/mailman/utilities/importer.py	2013-06-19 02:43:40 +0000
+++ src/mailman/utilities/importer.py	2013-09-19 13:14:15 +0000
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 from mailman.interfaces.digests import DigestFrequency
 from mailman.interfaces.mailinglist import Personalization, ReplyToMunging
 from mailman.interfaces.nntp import NewsgroupModeration
+from mailman.interfaces.archiver import ArchivePolicy
 
 
 
@@ -90,3 +91,11 @@
             except TypeError:
                 print('Type conversion error:', key, file=sys.stderr)
                 raise
+    # Handle the archiving policy
+    if config_dict.get("archive"):
+        if config_dict.get("archive_private"):
+            mlist.archive_policy = ArchivePolicy.private
+        else:
+            mlist.archive_policy = ArchivePolicy.public
+    else:
+        mlist.archive_policy = ArchivePolicy.never

=== modified file 'src/mailman/utilities/tests/test_import.py'
--- src/mailman/utilities/tests/test_import.py	2013-01-01 14:05:42 +0000
+++ src/mailman/utilities/tests/test_import.py	2013-09-19 13:14:01 +0000
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 from mailman.app.lifecycle import create_list, remove_list
 from mailman.testing.layers import ConfigLayer
 from mailman.utilities.importer import import_config_pck
+from mailman.interfaces.archiver import ArchivePolicy
 from pkg_resources import resource_filename
 
 
@@ -68,3 +69,34 @@
         self._import()
         self.assertTrue(self._mlist.allow_list_posts)
         self.assertTrue(self._mlist.include_rfc2369_headers)
+
+
+
+class TestArchiveImport(unittest.TestCase):
+    # The mlist.archive_policy gets set from the old list's archive and
+    # archive_private values
+
+    layer = ConfigLayer
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self._mlist = create_list('blank@example.com')
+        self._mlist.archive_policy = "INITIAL-TEST-VALUE"
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        remove_list(self._mlist)
+
+    def _do_test(self, pckdict, expected):
+        import_config_pck(self._mlist, pckdict)
+        self.assertEqual(self._mlist.archive_policy, expected)
+
+    def test_public(self):
+        self._do_test({ "archive": True, "archive_private": False },
+                      ArchivePolicy.public)
+
+    def test_private(self):
+        self._do_test({ "archive": True, "archive_private": True },
+                      ArchivePolicy.private)
+
+    def test_no_archive(self):
+        self._do_test({ "archive": False, "archive_private": False },
+                      ArchivePolicy.never)