Echo version information to the console in main() ------------------------------------------------- Key: HHH-3781 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-3781 Project: Hibernate Core Issue Type: New Feature Components: core Reporter: Chris Bredesen Assignee: Steve Ebersole Priority: Minor As a convenience to users trying to understand what versions of components are in use, it would be swell if Hibernate would echo its full version string to the console in response to "executing" the jar. JBoss Cache for example behaves thusly: $ java -jar jboss-cache-jdk50.jar Version: 1.4.1.SP10 Codename: Cayenne History: (see http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBCACHE for details) -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/secure/Administrators.... - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira