Merge pull request #6511 from gpaulsen/topic/v4.0.x/rc3

Update VERSION to v4.0.1rc3

VERSION

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ release=1
 # requirement is that it must be entirely printable ASCII characters
 # and have no white space.
 
-greek=rc2
+greek=rc3
 
 # If repo_rev is empty, then the repository version number will be
 # obtained during "make dist" via the "git describe --tags --always"