Philippe Vaucher <philippe.vaucher@gmail.com> writes:

> Just a thought: why not name it 26.2-rc1 in these 26.2-rc1 commits (with a
> 26.2-rc1 tag)? Then when the final 26.2 is out, rename it to 26.2 and thus
> when looking at these files you are always seeing the "latest released"
> version.

Because the purpose of a RC is to be a potential release tarball.

Nico