the initial idea was to be able to specify a different config file in the continious integration tests. so we put all the environment configuration files in the root of the classpath.
the only use case i see for that is to configure a different database.
so i moved the configuration files into the package itself. and renamed them all to environment.cfg.xml
the hibernate.properties will still be in the root of the classpath and be configurable in the continuous integration tests.
let me know if you think this is a problem.