Hi Steve, I know 2 unassigned bug issues which only 3.5 is affect and not former GA releases. HHH-4613 <http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-4613> HHH-4870 <http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-4870> I think this issues should be fixed for backward compatibility reasons. Overmore there are further unassigned 47 bug issues on jira with version 3.5 set as affectedVersion (see JQL query below). I haven't the time to analyze them one by one, but I fear there are some other bug's which are affect to 3.5 only and thus may compromise 3.5's backward compatibility. JQL Query: resolution = Unresolved AND affectedVersion >= "3.5.0.Beta-1" AND affectedVersion not in ("3.0.1.GA","3.3.2.GA","3.3.1.GA","3.3.0.GA") AND fixVersion = EMPTY and assignee = null AND type = "bug" ORDER BY key DESC best regards Guenther Demetz Steve Ebersole schrieb: > Just wanted to point out to everyone that 3.5.0-CR-2 has been set up in > JIRA ( > http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH/fixforversi... > ) and tentatively scheduled for Feb 24 2010. I say tentatively because > I am not sure I will wait that long; lets see how things go. > > In the meantime, I moved all unresolved issues not in progress to 3.5.x. > Please take the time asap to mark any issues you want in 3.5.0-CR-2. > I completely expect this to be the last CR before 3.5.0 > > Thanks > >