See https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/issues/29698

The most important changes are:

Task list

  • [x] Design and document a file format that can replace spring.factories for auto-configuration.
  • [x] Update the existing import to use both spring.factories and the new entries.
  • [x] Introduce a new @AutoConfiguration annotation which is meta-annotated with @Configuration. The new annotation will default proxyBeanMethods to false.
  • [x] Document the changes in the reference docs
  • [ ] provide a wiki migration guide
  • [x] Update documentation tooling in buildSrc to read the new file
  • [ ] Check with existing IDE and tool vendors to ensure the new format doesn't cause issues

The following nice-to-have tasks have been identified:

  • [ ] Develop a migration tool to convert our existing codebase (a tool will be valuable for other project, but we might also be able to use sed)
  • [ ] Update our annotation processor so the the new auto-configuration file can be auto-generated

Comment From: mhalbritter

I splitted the commits into different issues and commited them directly to 2.7.x branch. This PR is obsolete.