I added a new patch to the issue in jira, but I didn't see any jira email go out.
http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS-2136
And my comment to go with the patch
"Here you go. I'd be much happier if the default was to accept gzipped responses, its negotiated between the client & server so i can't see what harm it can do, but I'll live with it this way if that's what you really want."
Cheers
Simon
