How to ALTER a view in PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL does not allow altering a view (i.e. adding column, changing column orders, adding criterie etc.) if it has dependent objects. This is really getting annoying since you have to write a script to:

1. Drop all the dependent objects,
2. Alter the view,
3. Recreate all the dependent objects back again.

I understand that postgreSQL developers have very reasonable concerns to prevent altering views. But do you guys have any scripts/shot-cuts to do all those manual stuff in a single run?