For gnome-session the switch is intentional, it uses gpm for hibernation etc - likewise for gnome-vfs. hal became more and more of the infrastructure. I close the bug as it is 1) no hal bug and 2) requires more discussion.
** Changed in: hal (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected -- New unneeded dependencies on hal https://launchpad.net/bugs/48614 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs