[address-policy-wg] RIPE-471 and suballocations

Hello Hank,

> I have been looking over RIPE-471 section 9:
> http://www.ripe.net/docs/ipv4-policies.html#9
> and noticed that only some "status" categories are listed as "Sub- 
> allocations cannot be made from this type of address space".   
> Therefore I would have assumed that any status not listed as "Sub- 
> allocations cannot be made from this type of address space" would  
> allow sub-allocations.  That is incorrect - for example - ASSIGNED  
> PI does not allow sub-allocations.

Parts of any anything that has been assigned can not be allocated/sub- 
allocated/assigned. Only parts of allocations can be sub-allocated or  
assigned. The "Sub-allocations cannot be made from this type of  
address space." is only meant to mark allocation types that can not  
contain sub-allocations. I understand your confusion though.

> Can the doc please updated so it reflects correctly the s/w?

There is work being done to clear up the RIPE documents without  
changing the meaning. I think this fits nicely into that effort. Once  
this document gets cleaned up the new proposed version will be posted  
to this mailing list for review.

Thank you,
Sander Steffann
APWG co-chair