Hi Axis2 team, I recently had to upgrade from Axis 1.6.3 to Axis 1.7.8 on the Java Spring Boot codebase I work on, and struggled greatly with making the upgrade work until I resolved the breaking change from AXIS2-5340 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS2-5340> that involved changing our axis2.xml config to properly deploy our web services.
This breaking change is not listed clearly in the 1.7.0 major release notes <https://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/core/release-notes/1.7.0.html> - it is not included alongside the other breaking changes listed up front such as the MEP URI form change, and is tucked away in the complete list of JIRA issues that were addressed in the release <https://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/core/release-notes/1.7.0.html>. The only reason why I found out about this change was by downloading the binaries for 1.6.3 and 1.7.8 and stumbling upon the differences in default axis2.xml configs. As mentioned in the issue, this seems like a rather important breaking change that will apply to the majority of Axis2 setups and seems necessary for backward compatibility. I believe it will benefit future developers that have to do similar upgrades to make note of this breaking change and include it in the 1.7.0 major release notes where it can be visibly seen. Best, Kevin Lee
