--- a/app/soc/views/helper/responses.py	Sun Jan 25 00:02:41 2009 +0000
+++ b/app/soc/views/helper/responses.py	Sun Jan 25 00:04:11 2009 +0000
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
   context['is_debug'] = system.isDebug()
   context['sign_in'] = users.create_login_url(request.path)
   context['sign_out'] = users.create_logout_url(request.path)
-  context['sidebar_menu_items'] = sidebar.getSidebar(request)
+  context['sidebar_menu_items'] = sidebar.getSidebar()
 
   context['soc_release'] = release.RELEASE_TAG
   context['gae_version'] = system.getAppVersion()

--- a/app/soc/views/models/base.py	Sun Jan 25 00:02:41 2009 +0000
+++ b/app/soc/views/models/base.py	Sun Jan 25 00:04:11 2009 +0000
@@ -707,11 +707,10 @@
     return self._params
 
   @decorators.merge_params
-  def getSidebarMenus(self, request, params=None):
+  def getSidebarMenus(self, params=None):
     """Returns an dictionary with one sidebar entry.
 
     Args:
-      request: the django request object
       params: a dict with params for this View
 
     Params usage:
@@ -720,7 +719,7 @@
       of _getSidebarItems on how it uses it.
     """
 
-    return sitemap.sidebar.getSidebarMenus(request, params)
+    return sitemap.sidebar.getSidebarMenus(params=params)
 
   @decorators.merge_params
   def getDjangoURLPatterns(self, params=None):

--- a/app/soc/views/models/program.py	Sun Jan 25 00:02:41 2009 +0000
+++ b/app/soc/views/models/program.py	Sun Jan 25 00:04:11 2009 +0000
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
     timeline = timeline_logic.updateOrCreateFromFields(properties, properties)
     return timeline
 
-  def getExtraMenus(self, request, params=None):
+  def getExtraMenus(self, params=None):
     """Returns the extra menu's for this view.
 
     A menu item is generated for each program that is currently
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@
     as well as all public documents for that program.
 
     Args:
-      request: unused
       params: a dict with params for this View.
     """
 
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@
       menu = {}
       menu['heading'] = entity.short_name
       items = document_view.view.getMenusForScope(entity, params)
-      menu['items'] = sidebar.getSidebarMenu(request, items, params=doc_params)
+      menu['items'] = sidebar.getSidebarMenu(items, params=doc_params)
       menus.append(menu)
 
     return menus

--- a/app/soc/views/models/site.py	Sun Jan 25 00:02:41 2009 +0000
+++ b/app/soc/views/models/site.py	Sun Jan 25 00:04:11 2009 +0000
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 
     super(View, self).__init__(params=params)
 
-  def getSidebarMenus(self, request, params=None):
+  def getSidebarMenus(self, params=None):
     """See base.View.getSidebarMenus.
 
     Returns a custom sidebar entry for the 'site' singleton.
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     new_params['sidebar_additional'] = submenus
 
     params = dicts.merge(params, new_params)
-    return super(View, self).getSidebarMenus(request, params=params)
+    return super(View, self).getSidebarMenus(params=params)
 
   def mainPublic(self, request, page_name=None, **kwargs):
     """Displays the main site settings page.

--- a/app/soc/views/models/user_self.py	Sun Jan 25 00:02:41 2009 +0000
+++ b/app/soc/views/models/user_self.py	Sun Jan 25 00:04:11 2009 +0000
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
 
     super(View, self)._editPost(request, entity, fields)
 
-  def getSidebarMenus(self, request, params=None):
+  def getSidebarMenus(self, params=None):
     """See base.View.getSidebarMenus().
     """
 
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@
 
     params = dicts.merge(params, new_params)
 
-    return super(View, self).getSidebarMenus(request, params=params)
+    return super(View, self).getSidebarMenus(params=params)
 
 
 view = View()

--- a/app/soc/views/sitemap/sidebar.py	Sun Jan 25 00:02:41 2009 +0000
+++ b/app/soc/views/sitemap/sidebar.py	Sun Jan 25 00:04:11 2009 +0000
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@
   global SIDEBAR
   SIDEBAR.append(callback)
 
-def getSidebar(request):
-  """Constructs a sidebar for the specified request.
+def getSidebar():
+  """Constructs a sidebar for the current user.
   """
 
   sidebar = []
 
   for callback in SIDEBAR:
-    menus = callback(request)
+    menus = callback()
 
     for menu in (menus if menus else []):
       sidebar.append(menu)
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
   return result
 
 
-def getSidebarMenu(request, items, params):
+def getSidebarMenu(items, params):
   """Returns an dictionary with one sidebar entry.
 
   Items is expected to be a tuple with an url, a menu_text, and an
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@
   raises out_of_band.Error, the item will not be added.
 
   Args:
-    request: the django request object
     items: see above
     params: a dict with params for this View
 
@@ -145,7 +144,7 @@
   return submenus
 
 
-def getSidebarMenus(request, params=None):
+def getSidebarMenus(params=None):
   """Constructs the default sidebar menu for a View.
 
   Calls getSidebarItems to retrieve the items that should be in the
@@ -153,12 +152,11 @@
   docstrings for an explanation on what they do.
 
   Args:
-    request: the django request object
     params: a dict with params for this View
   """
 
   items = getSidebarItems(params)
-  submenus = getSidebarMenu(request, items, params)
+  submenus = getSidebarMenu(items, params)
 
   if not submenus:
     return