Comment # 3 on bug 1176302 from Stanislav Brabec

Regarding 2a: There is already a patch for it:
kbd-1.15.5-loadkeys-search-path.patch from Stefan Dirsch.

But it does not work as expected:

static const char *const dirpath1[] = { "", DATADIR "/" KEYMAPDIR "/**",
DATADIR "/" XKBKEYMAPDIR "/", DATADIR "/" LEGACYKEYMAPDIR "/**", KERNDIR "/", 0
};
...
#define KEYMAPDIR "keymaps"
#define XKBKEYMAPDIR "keymaps/xkb"
#define LEGACYKEYMAPDIR "keymaps/legacy"

=> First, any directory in keymapdir is searched, then xkb dir, then legacy =>
The result is undefined.

2a is fixed: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/835238

2b is not needed to implement.