in genmd.py [0:0]
def __init__(self, path="announce"):
self.path = path
self.tree = [x for x in os.walk(self.path)]
try:
assert self.tree[0][1][0] == "2005"
assert len(self.tree) == len(self.tree[0][1]) + 1
except AssertionError as e:
raise Exception("Unknown advisory tree format, reason %s" % e)