title: Understanding Hibernate Version History and Compatibility of its modules with each Other
body: <p>Is there any good link or documentation regarding Hibernate Version History.<br>
  My Confusion starts at Hibernate 3.3 when <a href="http://in.relation.to/9384.lace" rel="nofollow">modularisation</a> was introduced.</p>
  
  <p>For e.g if i want to use hibernate-validator 3.x  with hibernate 3.2.6ga (before 3.3 its was single jar) would it be compatible?</p>
  
  <p>I want to know compatibility between different modules and also their compatibility with Single Hibernate Jars Releases (like <strong>3.2.6ga</strong> )
  By compatibility i mean what's the minimum required version.</p>
  
  <p>I am hibernate newbie.so completely lost in Hibernate Version Jungle.</p>