Index: openacs-4/packages/xotcl-core/tcl/06-param-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/xotcl-core/tcl/06-param-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -r1.13 -r1.14
--- openacs-4/packages/xotcl-core/tcl/06-param-procs.tcl	26 Nov 2009 12:02:16 -0000	1.13
+++ openacs-4/packages/xotcl-core/tcl/06-param-procs.tcl	14 Jan 2010 10:34:57 -0000	1.14
@@ -141,8 +141,15 @@
     #
     # Complete some slot definitions:
     #
-    package_key   configure -required true
-    default_value configure -required true
+    # TODO: the following two settings making package_key and
+    # default_value required are semantically correct. However, this
+    # prohibits that apm_parameters can be created via ::xo::db::Class
+    # instantiate_objects, since this functions tries to create
+    # objects first without parameters.
+    #
+    #package_key   configure -required true
+    #default_value configure -required true
+
     section_name  configure -default ""
   }