As you've probably noticed from all of the linked branches, this is fixed everywhere now (the fix will be in the Firefox 18 release build and the first Firefox 19 beta as well).
Sorry we didn't respond to this sooner. It got overlooked due to the Christmas break, but thanks a lot for reporting it. We probably would have released Firefox 18 with this bug if you hadn't -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1094376 Title: Language pack isn't used Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Status in “firefox” source package in Lucid: Fix Committed Status in “firefox” source package in Oneiric: Fix Committed Status in “firefox” source package in Precise: Fix Committed Status in “firefox” source package in Quantal: Fix Committed Status in “firefox” source package in Raring: Fix Committed Bug description: I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 dev with firefox 18.0~b5+build1-0ubuntu1 and firefox-locale-de 18.0~b5+build1-0ubuntu1. On deleting (or renaming) the old profile and creating a new one Firefox uses still the english language pack. A workaround to solve this is to disable and enable the german language pack and to restart Firefox. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1094376/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp