Comment # 18 on bug 1192290 from Maurizio Galli

(In reply to Michael Andres from comment #17)
> (In reply to Maurizio Galli from comment #15)
> > My understanding here is not a packaging problem but rather lang packages
> > not being installed. Axel confirmed to me that installing lang packages
> > resolves his issues.
> 
> The point is, that if the packages would 'correctly' indicate which
> languages they support, it would work out of the box. Even if
> 'no-recommends' is used. 
> 
> I.e. if you change the locale settings in YAST (or with zypper addlocale /
> removelocale), the package set would be adapted accordingly.

Ok, thanks for clarifying it. 

> > The Xfce lang packages in both Leap and TW are generated in the rpm spec
> > file via the %lang_package macro.
> 
> As shown above, in TW I see the 'locale()' provides, in Leap not. If this is
> not intended and actually the same spec files are used, it may be a OBS
> issue as well.

No it is not intentional, and because a regular Leap Xfce installs all lang
packages by default, it is possible that this behavior change has been
overlooked. Unfortunately I am not sure how to address this.