Version disparity in hibernate core & annotation jars

Question

<hibernate-core.version>3.6.5.Final
<hibernate-annotations.version>3.5.6-Final

Why is there a version disparity on the final version of the above hibernate jars?

Answer 1

Since Hibernate 3.6.0, hibernate-annotations were merged into hibernate-core, so you don't need to include hibernate-annotations separately any more.