Which is the right download for the latest dot.exe that's compatible with the latest PlantUML?

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asked Oct 12, 2024 in Question / help by asuser (140 points)
edited Oct 13, 2024 by asuser

On the face of it, it appears that graphviz.org is much newer.
But... is the graphviz.org dot.exe compatible with PlantUML?

To better clarify my question:

The latest plantuml version (plantuml-1.2024.7.jar) includes a June 2020 dot version:

java -jar plantuml-1.2024.7.jar -testdot
Dot version: dot - graphviz version 2.44.1 (20200629.0846)
Installation seems OK. File generation OK

The latest graphviz from graphviz.org (directing the GRAPHVIZ_DOT environment variable to it):

GRAPHVIZ_DOT=C:\Graphviz-12.1.2-win64\bin\dot.exe

appears to work with PlantUML despite including a September 2024 dot version:

java -jar plantuml-1.2024.7.jar -testdot
Dot version: dot - graphviz version 12.1.2 (20240928.0832)
Installation seems OK. File generation OK


If so, why aren't the latest plantuml jars including a more recent version of dot.exe?

Thank you

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