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+For now, the xcowsay SlackBuild remains one version behind the latest
+release. This is because the latest (1.5) release doesn't work for
+everybody.
+
+Starting with version 1.5, xcowsay requires a compositing window manager
+that supports alpha channels. This build is for version 1.4, the last
+one which works correctly with traditional window managers such as
+WindowMaker or FVWM. Version 1.4 also works fine in environments where
+1.5 would work. If you *really* want version 1.5, download its source
+to the SlackBuild's directory and build it with a command like:
+
+# VERSION=1.5 BUILD=1 TAG=_custom ./xcowsay.SlackBuild
+
+Hopefully, some future version of xcowsay will make the compositing
+support optional (and maybe even autodetected), so this script can be
+updated to track new xcowsay releases again.