Re: MIB module numbering for TBD MIB roots

[Bill Fenner <fenner@research.att.com>]

>There would be a real benefit in getting a number assigned
>earlier in the process than is done now -- at the very least, it
>should be possible to get a number as soon as something has been
>approved for publication;  it should not be necessary to wait while
>the document bubbles to the head of the RFC Editor's queue.

This is the case now -- the number is assigned on IESG approval.
This changed somewhere around August 2000.

  Bill