Hi

On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Jaroslav Reznik wrote:
Ah, you're right. On the other hand I think all spins are somehow
desktop related (at least now), so moving spins to use workstation
as the base is probably desirable

No.  It is not. Workstation is GNOME based.  Most spins are for alternative desktop environments

Rahul