Thought some of you might find this interesting. A sign of things to come? Or maybe I've totally missed the point (I'm still far from 'back-to-the-living'):

Jessie, unwanted Gnome, xdg autostart, Console Kit

http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=122178&sid=bd86a0bffd3a77e9f90dc9c52e59a0a7