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• XMLUI and JSPUI are no longer supported or distributed with DSpace. All users should install and utilize the new Angular User Interface. See the "Installing the Frontend (User Interface)" instructions in Installing DSpace 
  
• The old REST API ("rest" webapp from DSpace v4.x-6.x) is deprecated and will be removed in v8.x. The new REST API (provided in the "server" webapp) replaces all functionality available in the older REST API. If you have tools that rely on the old REST API, you can still (optionally) build & deploy it alongside the "server" webapp via the "-Pdspace-rest" Maven flag. See REST API v6 (deprecated)
• Solr must be installed separately due to changes in the packaging of recent Solr releases.  The indexes have been reconfigured and must be rebuilt.  See below.

• GeoIP location database must be installed separately due to changes in Maxmind's terms and conditions. MaxMind has changed the terms and procedure for obtaining and using its GeoLite2 location database.  Consequently, DSpace no longer automatically downloads the database during installation or update, and the DSpace-specific database update tool has been removed.  If you wish to (continue to) record client location data in SOLR Statistics, you will need to make new arrangements. See below.

• The Submission Form configuration has changed. The "item-submission.xml" file has changed its structure, and the "input-forms.xml" has been replaced by a "submission-forms.xml".  See Submission User Interface
• The traditional, 3-step Workflow system has been removed in favor of the Configurable Workflow System. For most users, you should see no effect or difference.  The default setup for this Configurable Workflow System is identical to the traditional, 3-step workflow ("Approve/Reject", "Approve/Reject/Edit Metadata", "Edit Metadata")
• The old BTE import framework in favor of Live Import Framework (features of BTE have been ported to Live Import)
• ElasticSearch Usage Statistics have been removed.  Please use SOLR Statistics or DSpace Google Analytics Statistics. 
• Configuration has been upgraded to Apache Commons Configuration version 2. For most users, you should see no effect or difference. No DSpace configuration files were modified during this upgrade and no configurations or settings were renamed or changed. However, if you locally modified or customized the [dspace]/config/config-definition.xml (DSpace's Apache Commons Configuration settings), you will need to ensure those modifications are compatible with Apache Commons Configuration version 2.  See the Apache Commons Configuration's  configuration definition file reference for more details.
  
• Handle server has been updated to v9.3.  Most users will see no effect or difference, however a minor change to the Handle Server configuration is necessary, see below.
• Many backend prerequisites have been upgraded to avoid "end of life" versions. Therefore, pay very close attention to the required prerequisites listed below.
• A large number of old/obsolete configurations were removed. "7.0 Configurations Removed" section in the Release Notes.

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