Revert "Configuration parameter copy and modify functions extended"

[smuzaffar]

Reverts #13224

[smuzaffar]

please test

[cmsbuild]

The tests are being triggered in jenkins.
https://cmssdt.cern.ch/jenkins/job/ib-any-integration/11117/console
https://cmssdt.cern.ch/jenkins/job/ib-any-integration/11118/console

[cmsbuild]

A new Pull Request was created by @smuzaffar (Malik Shahzad Muzaffar) for CMSSW_8_0_X.

It involves the following packages:

FWCore/ParameterSet

@cmsbuild, @smuzaffar, @Dr15Jones, @davidlange6 can you please review it and eventually sign? Thanks.
@Martin-Grunewald, @wddgit, @wmtan this is something you requested to watch as well.
@slava77, @Degano, @smuzaffar you are the release manager for this.

cms-bot commands are list here #13028

[cmsbuild]

-1

Tested at: f684d91
I found errors in the following unit tests:

---> test TestSubProcess had ERRORS
---> test testRecoMETMETProducers had ERRORS

you can see the results of the tests here:
https://cmssdt.cern.ch/SDT/jenkins-artifacts/pull-request-integration/PR-13235/11118/summary.html

The following merge commits were also included on top of IB + this PR after doing git cms-merge-topic:
0dc13c7
3a1a160
68a8254
459889e
36c3ddd
4a9dde7
d4bf8ef
638172b
b55fbd8
7c1d403
You can see more details here:
https://cmssdt.cern.ch/SDT/jenkins-artifacts/pull-request-integration/PR-13235/11118/git-log-recent-commits
https://cmssdt.cern.ch/SDT/jenkins-artifacts/pull-request-integration/PR-13235/11118/git-merge-result

[cmsbuild]

Comparison is ready
https://cmssdt.cern.ch/SDT/jenkins-artifacts/pull-request-integration/PR-13235/11118/summary.html