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[Robert Schroll <rschroll@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 10:17 AM, Daniel d'Andrada 
<daniel.dandrada@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> There's already a rotation lock option accessible either through the 
> indicators panel or through the system settings app.

On https://github.com/rschroll/beru/issues/38, Stuart Langridge wrote:
> I think it's better to have this in the app, for a few reasons, in no 
> particular order:
>
> 1. It is useful for some apps to be able to rotate. Obvious 
> candidate: YouTube, since most videos are landscape.
> 2. Since it's useful for some apps to rotate, some people are loath 
> to turn off screen rotation at OS level.
> 3. It is generally more difficult to read books in a landscape 
> environment: it's like reading a book while looking through a 
> letterbox.
> 4. It's also useful to be able to read while lying on one's side in 
> bed, and if you do that then the screen rotates and you can't read it.
> 5. Ubuntu for phones doesn't currently let you lock at OS level 
> anyway :)

Apparently (5) has been solved, but the others remain.  We came up with 
a design where the orientation would be locked while reading a book but 
unlocked on other screens of the app.  This would let you swap 
orientations relatively easily while still keeping it locked while 
reading.

If this behavior isn't on the roadmap, where should I submit a bug?

Thanks,
Robert