* Elvis Daniel Velea
Tore has also pointed out some precedent where ASSIGNED PIs have been changed to ALLOCATED PAs.
Small correction here, I only noted that there exist some ALLOCATED PA in the database that are smaller than the minimum allocation size. I do not know how that came to be, so I don't know if they were ASSIGNED PI before. My point was that the minimum allocation size doesn't appear to be a hard limit on what is the minimum ALLOCATED PA object that is allowed to exist in the registry; but rather it should be considered the minimum allocation size the RIPE NCC is willing to issue[1] new at any given time. A PI->PA conversion isn't a "new issue" in that way, hence there's no real reason to apply the minimum allocation size, IMHO. As those mini-assignments are already in the registry, it doesn't hurt aggregation either. In any case, it would appear to me that the community is simply waiting for someone (perhaps you and/or Erik?) to care enough to actually submit a formal policy proposal to allow for such conversions. The NCC indicated that they felt clear policy was needed. [1] This is irrelevant today in any case: min-size == max-size == /22. Tore