Is moving to Lion a prerequisite for moving to XCode 4.1 (from the app store)?

Question

should you only download XCode 4.1 from the app store if you move to Lion?

i.e I am staying on Leopard for a few more weeks, so do I have to stay with XCode 4.0.2 unti

Answer 1

Xcode 4.2 is available for both Lion and Snow Leopard, if you download it from the iOS Developer Centre while logged in as a registered developer. The Mac App Store will only upgrade you to Xcode 4.2 if you upgrade to Lion, but you can manually install it on Snow Leopard by manually downloading it as described here, and it runs just fine on Snow Leopard.