release note updates
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Apache Axis2 1.8.0 Release Note
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-* The minimum required Java version for Axis2 has been changed to Java 7.
+* The minimum required Java version for Axis2 has been changed to Java 8.
-* The Apache Commons HttpClient 3.x based HTTP transport has been deprecated.
- If you wish to continue using this transport, add `axis2-transport-http-hc3`
- to your project.
+* The Apache Commons HttpClient 3.x based HTTP transport has been removed.
* The HTTPClient 4.x based transport has been upgraded to use the APIs supported
by the latest HTTPClient version.
