docs: tested/supported MCEGs and drop Python 3.8 support

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4

README.md

@@ -17,6 +17,18 @@
 
 Small and thin Python interface to read [Les Houches Event (LHE)](https://inspirehep.net/record/725284) files
 
+
+## Tested Monte Carlo Generators' LHE output
+
+| Generator                                      | Tested Versions       |
+|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
+| [MadGraph5](https://launchpad.net/mg5amcnlo)   | 2.0.0, 2.2.1, 3.5.8   |
+| [POWHEG-BOX-V2](http://powhegbox.mib.infn.it/) | r4027                 |
+| [Pythia](https://pythia.org/)                  | 6.413, 8.3.14         |
+| [Sherpa](https://sherpa-team.gitlab.io/)       | 3.0.1                 |
+| [Whizard](https://whizard.hepforge.org/)       | 3.1.4                 |
+
+Note: test files are provided via the [scikit-hep-testdata](https://github.com/scikit-hep/scikit-hep-testdata) package. Please open an issue of create directly a PR for the inclusion of new files for testing.
 ## Install
 
 To install `pylhe` from PyPI you can just do

pyproject.toml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
 description = "A small package to get structured data out of Les Houches Event files"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { text = "Apache-2.0" }  # SPDX short identifier
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 authors = [
     { name = "Lukas Heinrich", email = "lukas.heinrich@cern.ch" },
     { name = "Matthew Feickert", email = "matthew.feickert@cern.ch" },
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ test = [
     "pydocstyle",
     "pytest-cov>=2.5.1",
     "pytest>=6.0",
-    "scikit-hep-testdata>=0.4.36",
+    "scikit-hep-testdata>=0.5.5",
 ]
 develop = [
     "pylhe[lint,test]",

src/pylhe/__init__.py

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import gzip
 import io
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
-from typing import Iterable, Optional
+from collections.abc import Iterable
+from typing import Optional
 
 import graphviz
 from particle import latex_to_html_name

tests/test_lhe_reader.py

@@ -20,6 +20,30 @@
     skhep_testdata.data_path(f"pylhe-testfile-powheg-box-v2-{proc}.lhe")
     for proc in ["Z", "W", "Zj", "trijet", "directphoton", "hvq"]
 ]
+TEST_FILES_LHE_MADGRAPH = [
+    skhep_testdata.data_path("pylhe-testfile-madgraph-2.0.0-wbj.lhe"),
+    skhep_testdata.data_path("pylhe-testfile-madgraph-2.2.1-Z-ckkwl.lhe.gz"),
+    skhep_testdata.data_path("pylhe-testfile-madgraph-2.2.1-Z-fxfx.lhe.gz"),
+    skhep_testdata.data_path("pylhe-testfile-madgraph-2.2.1-Z-mlm.lhe.gz"),
+    skhep_testdata.data_path("pylhe-testfile-madgraph5-3.5.8-pp_to_jj.lhe.gz"),
+]
+TEST_FILES_LHE_PYTHIA = [
+    skhep_testdata.data_path("pylhe-testfile-pythia-6.413-ttbar.lhe"),
+    skhep_testdata.data_path("pylhe-testfile-pythia-8.3.14-weakbosons.lhe"),
+]
+TEST_FILES_LHE_SHERPA = [
+    skhep_testdata.data_path("pylhe-testfile-sherpa-3.0.1-eejjj.lhe"),
+]
+TEST_FILES_LHE_WHIZARD = [
+    skhep_testdata.data_path("pylhe-testfile-whizard-3.1.4-eeWW.lhe"),
+]
+TEST_FILES_LHE_GENERATORS = [
+    *TEST_FILES_LHE_MADGRAPH,
+    *TEST_FILES_LHE_POWHEG,
+    *TEST_FILES_LHE_PYTHIA,
+    *TEST_FILES_LHE_SHERPA,
+    *TEST_FILES_LHE_WHIZARD,
+]
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
@@ -141,10 +165,10 @@ def test_read_lhe_with_attributes_v3():
         assert isinstance(e, LHEEvent)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("file", TEST_FILES_LHE_POWHEG)
-def test_read_lhe_powheg(file):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("file", TEST_FILES_LHE_GENERATORS)
+def test_read_lhe_generator(file):
     """
-    Test method read_lhe() on several types of LesHouchesEvents POWHEG files.
+    Test method read_lhe() on several types of LesHouchesEvents generator files.
     """
     events = pylhe.read_lhe(file)
 
@@ -153,10 +177,10 @@ def test_read_lhe_powheg(file):
         assert isinstance(e, LHEEvent)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("file", TEST_FILES_LHE_POWHEG)
-def test_read_lhe_with_attributes_powheg(file):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("file", TEST_FILES_LHE_GENERATORS)
+def test_read_lhe_with_attributes_generator(file):
     """
-    Test method read_lhe_with_attributes() on several types of LesHouchesEvents POWHEG files.
+    Test method read_lhe_with_attributes() on several types of LesHouchesEvents generator files.
     """
     events = pylhe.read_lhe_with_attributes(file)