> I've checked out client-java HEAD and I guess the related source is in
> main\ right? Especially in org.firebirdsql.management for the Servics
> API stuff and org.firebird.gds for the SPB constant stuff ...

Correct.

> Can you give me a quick startup for an Eclipsed based environment to
> work on the Jaybird source? I'm not able to build the entire client-java
> project due to missing Hibernate, ... Does it make sense just to build
> the main path? If so, how? Just removing everything else from the build
> path?

Yes and no, different test paths are used to build driver for different
JDKs. But the Hibernate stuff is in the test/ path, so simply exclude
the org/firebird/hibernate path for the client-java/test folder.

Roman