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+from django.core import validators
+from django.template import RequestContext
+from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
+from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
+from string import *
+import sgmllib
+
+#from archlinux.packages.models import Maintainer
+#from archlinux.settings import BADPRIVS_URL
+#def is_maintainer(view_func, badprivs_url=BADPRIVS_URL):
+#	"""
+#	Decorator for views that checks that the logged-in user has a corresponding
+#	record in the Maintainers table.  If not, the user is forwarded to a
+#	"bad-privileges" page.
+#	"""
+#	def _dec(view_func):
+#		def _checkuser(request, *args, **kwargs):
+#			try:
+#				m = Maintainer.objects.get(username=request.user.username)
+#			except Maintainer.DoesNotExist:
+#				return HttpResponseRedirect(badprivs_url)
+#			return view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)
+#
+#		return _checkuser
+#	return _dec(view_func)
+
+def render_template(template, request, context=None):
+	"""
+	A shortcut to render_to_response with a RequestContext.  Also includes
+	request.path in the context, so both 'path' and 'user' are accessible to
+	the template.
+	"""
+	if context:
+		context['path'] = request.path
+		return render_to_response(template, context_instance=RequestContext(request, context))
+	else:
+		return render_to_response(template, context_instance=RequestContext(request))
+
+def validate(errdict, fieldname, fieldval, validator, blankallowed, request):
+	"""
+	A helper function that allows easy access to Django's validators without
+	going through a Manipulator object.  Will return a dict of all triggered
+	errors.
+	"""
+	if blankallowed and not fieldval:
+		return
+	alldata = ' '.join(request.POST.values()) + ' '.join(request.GET.values())
+	try:
+		validator(fieldval, alldata)
+	except validators.ValidationError, e:
+		if not errdict.has_key(fieldname): errdict[fieldname] = []
+		errdict[fieldname].append(e)
+
+
+# XXX: unused right now, probably not needed
+class Stripper(sgmllib.SGMLParser):
+	"""Helper class to strip HTML tags"""
+	def __init__(self):
+		sgmllib.SGMLParser.__init__(self)
+
+	def strip(self, some_html):
+		"""Strips all HTML tags and leading/trailing whitespace"""
+		self.theString = ""
+		self.feed(some_html)
+		self.close()
+		return self.theString
+
+	def handle_data(self, data):
+		self.theString += data