Xfce not default in future release of Debian 14 years ago
http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=tasksel/tasksel.git;a=co...
Here is a summary of the changes:
http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/p=tasksel/tasksel.git;a=sum...
And this as well:
http://www.neowin.net/news/debian-drops-gnome-chooses-xfce-a...
Basically a while back, Joey Hess changed Debian to XFCE from Gnome. Someone else has just changed it back. But looks like it's probably temporary. We'll see.