Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:

> Ie, don't do a make bootstrap, because that is a more error-prone
> process and will change every elc file.
>
> This way, you won't need yet another RC for trivia like this.
>
> You won't be replacing the alpha.gnu tarfile in place, you will just be
> uploading a (very slightly) different one to ftp.gnu.org. Ie, the final
> release will be (trivially) different to the last RC.

You mean uploading it under a different name, like
emacs-25.1-rc3.tar.xz, right?

Cheers,
Nico