Overlaying AIR SDK with Flex SDK

I have noticed in the release notes for every AIR release it says to download Flex SDK 4.5.1 and the latest playerglobal.swc. Is there a reason why I should be downloading that version and not the latest (4.6)?
Also is there anything wrong with overlaying Flex 4.x and the latest AIR SDK if all I'm developing for is AIR applications?

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There is some misinformation on Intel AppUp and the Melrose FAQ about being able to publish with Flash Builder 4.
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"Q: Are there system requirements for enabling try and buy in AIR apps using Melrose?
A: You must have Adobe Flex Builder 3 or greater and Adobe AIR 1.5.3 or greater."
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Support for Flex 4.1 SDK for AIR applications running on AIR 2.0 runtime should be available within a few weeks. Please note that we will not be able to support Flex 4.0 SDK because of certain technical challenges.

Is Adobe FLash builder 4.7 compatible with flex sdk 3.5?

Is Adobe FLash builder 4.7 compatible with flex sdk 3.5?

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How to build VideoPhoneLabs with Flex SDK

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My Flex builder has been expired now, so i would try to build this sample apps with Flex SDK.
But the following failed.
>mxmlc -target-player=10 VideoPhoneLabs.mxml
Dose anyone got success it ?
My Flex SDK is v.3.2 and os is Vista.
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Can't package native installer on Linux with Flex SDK 4.5 : Invalid AIR file

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We've moved our application to compile against the 4.5 SDK.
We're compiling it with Flash Builder (on mac) into an air file and as our application is using NativeProcess API, we're packaging it on each platform into a native installer with the following command (linux example) : adt -package -target native app.deb app.air
We think we fall into the same issue as http://forums.adobe.com/message/3271944#3271944 but for the 4.5 DSK.
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Hi,
Finally we figure out how to solve the issue.
The packaging into native .deb installer fails as explain above because with the hole Flex SDK 4.5 (adt -version told 2.6.0.1920).
The packaging is successfull if only Air SDK 2.6 is install.
What is strange that both adt seems to be the same "2.6.0.1920" (found with "adt -version").
Can someone from the Adobe dev team explain it?
I suppose as the Flex SDK is not available for the Linux platform, the download only contains the Air SDK for Windows and Mac OS as opposed to the specific download of the Air SDK for te Linux platform...
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I'd like to play with AIR 2.0 beta, but I'm having serious troubles installing the SDK. I download the latest Flex SDK and AIR's, but I can't merge these folders using tar command because I'm using MacOS X, and the SDK is a dmg file. I also tried FileMerge app to merge my folder, but it didn't replaced existing files. I finally tried to merge them file by file, but Flash Builder tell me my resulting folder does not contain any Flex SDK.
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