How do you create a dropdownlist from an enum in ASP.NET MVC?

Question

I\'m trying to use the Html.DropDownList extension method but can\'t figure out how to use it with an enumeration.

Let\'s say I have an enumeration like

Answer 1

I ended up creating extention methods to do what is essentially the accept answer here. The last half of the Gist deals with Enum specifically.

https://gist.github.com/3813767