simplify url dispatcher

we can include all the urls (as usual) AFTER overiding some of them giving a special rule first.

nsupdate/urls.py

@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url
-from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.contrib import admin
-from django.views.generic.base import TemplateView
 from django.contrib.auth.forms import AuthenticationForm, PasswordChangeForm
 from django.contrib.auth import views as auth_views
 
 admin.autodiscover()
 
-from registration.backends.default.views import ActivationView
 from registration.backends.default.views import RegistrationView
 from registration.forms import RegistrationForm
 
@@ -24,75 +21,33 @@ class Html5AuthenticationForm(AuthenticationForm):
         self.fields['username'].widget.attrs.update(dict(autofocus=None))
 
 
-def html5_login(*args, **kwargs):
-    kwargs['authentication_form'] = Html5AuthenticationForm
-    return auth_views.login(*args, **kwargs)
-
-
 class Html5PasswordChangeForm(PasswordChangeForm):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super(Html5PasswordChangeForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.fields['old_password'].widget.attrs.update(dict(autofocus=None))
 
 
-def html5_password_change(*args, **kwargs):
-    kwargs['password_change_form'] = Html5PasswordChangeForm
-    kwargs['template_name'] = 'registration/password_change.html'  # own template
-    kwargs['post_change_redirect'] = reverse('account_profile')
-    return auth_views.password_change(*args, **kwargs)
-
-
 urlpatterns = patterns(
     '',
     url('', include('social.apps.django_app.urls', namespace='social')),
     # registration start
-    # this is a modified copy of registration.backends.default.urls:
+    # these are some modified patterns from registration.backends.default.urls:
-    url(r'^accounts/activate/complete/$',
-        TemplateView.as_view(template_name='registration/activation_complete.html'),
-        name='registration_activation_complete'),
-    # Activation keys get matched by \w+ instead of the more specific
-    # [a-fA-F0-9]{40} because a bad activation key should still get to the view;
-    # that way it can return a sensible "invalid key" message instead of a
-    # confusing 404.
-    url(r'^accounts/activate/(?P<activation_key>\w+)/$',
-        ActivationView.as_view(),
-        name='registration_activate'),
     url(r'^accounts/register/$',
         RegistrationView.as_view(form_class=Html5RegistrationForm),
         name='registration_register'),
-    url(r'^accounts/register/complete/$',
-        TemplateView.as_view(template_name='registration/registration_complete.html'),
-        name='registration_complete'),
-    url(r'^accounts/register/closed/$',
-        TemplateView.as_view(template_name='registration/registration_closed.html'),
-        name='registration_disallowed'),
     # from registration.auth_urls:
     url(r'^accounts/login/$',
-        html5_login,
+        auth_views.login,
-        {'template_name': 'registration/login.html'},
+        {'authentication_form': Html5AuthenticationForm,
+         'template_name': 'registration/login.html'},
         name='auth_login'),
-    url(r'^accounts/logout/$',
-        auth_views.logout,
-        {'template_name': 'registration/logout.html'},
-        name='auth_logout'),
     url(r'^accounts/password/change/$',
-        html5_password_change,
+        auth_views.password_change,
+        {'password_change_form': Html5PasswordChangeForm,
+         'template_name': 'registration/password_change.html',  # own template
+         'post_change_redirect': '/account/profile'},  # reverse() does not work here
         name='auth_password_change'),
-    url(r'^accounts/password/change/done/$',
+    url(r'^accounts/', include('registration.backends.default.urls')),
-        auth_views.password_change_done,
-        name='auth_password_change_done'),
-    url(r'^accounts/password/reset/$',
-        auth_views.password_reset,
-        name='auth_password_reset'),
-    url(r'^accounts/password/reset/confirm/(?P<uidb36>[0-9A-Za-z]+)-(?P<token>.+)/$',
-        auth_views.password_reset_confirm,
-        name='auth_password_reset_confirm'),
-    url(r'^accounts/password/reset/complete/$',
-        auth_views.password_reset_complete,
-        name='auth_password_reset_complete'),
-    url(r'^accounts/password/reset/done/$',
-        auth_views.password_reset_done,
-        name='auth_password_reset_done'),
     # registration end
     url(r'^account/', include('nsupdate.accounts.urls')),
     url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),