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Yes, they wind up, and it's not stress relieving you need (that sorts out bending of the spokes at the ends) it's unwinding. You turn the nipples back a bit after tightening to undo the torsional stress on the spoke. There are various tricks to it, but doing it by feel works as well as any of them. Keep one finger of your nipple driver hand on the spoke with and you can feel the relative movement. If the spoke is turning with the nipple, it's either winding up or unwinding.
Loads of wheels have been built with Revs, so it's clearly not impossible.