App rejected due to 2.x.x-rc/-beta CocoaLumberjack framework version

[Autoc0diq]

Tried to submit app today and ITC rejected it due to invalid version format (-rc) in CocoaLumberjack framework version.

[bpoplauschi]

That doesn't make sense, for Apple to check the versions of 3rd party libraries. Could you provide a copy-paste or a screenshot with how they sent you this reason? Also, you need to do a pod update since we already have a 2.0.3 version (no rc).

[lawicko]

Similar issue I'm seeing when trying to submit the app with 2.1.0-beta:

[rivera-ernesto]

As a workaround you could just change the Build Number (not the version number) of the framework from the Pod project.

I think this should be reported to the CocoaPods project if they don't have an Issue already.

[bpoplauschi]

Even though this issue exists, and it's probably a CocoaPods issue, I must underline something else. Beta releases (as for any product in the world) are not guaranteed and usually have problems. That's why we call it a beta, it's a version people can play with. I think it's a bad practice to submit an app with 3rd party dependencies using beta versions. And CocoaPods handles that, as you can't get a beta version only explicitly. I strongly recommend you stick to 2.0.x until an official 2.1.0 is released. And this recommendation applies to all the other libraries that you use.

[rivera-ernesto]

On the other hand we thank you for trying out pre-release versions when you're developing.

[sinoru]

This problem causes by version defined as '2.1.0-beta' or '2.1.0-rc' than '2.1.0' on Info.plist.
And this can be issues using TestFlight requires to upload iTunes Connect.

[lawicko]

I noticed the swift2.0 branch was deleted and my app already uses swift 2.0 so I need this badly. The currently released version doesn't support swift 2.0 so I didn't have any choice really. Or perhaps I missed the proper way to deal with swift 2.0 support?

[bpoplauschi]

Swift 2.0 is now integrated into our master branch and the 2.1.0 release. We already have a beta and a rc 2.1.0, the official 2.1.0 is coming this week.

[Autoc0diq]

I didn't use the beta. The 2.0.2 and 2.0.3 official release have the same issue.

On Oct 22, 2015, at 5:51 AM, Bogdan Poplauschi notifications@github.com wrote:

Even though this issue exists, and it's probably a CocoaPods issue, I must underline something else. Beta releases (as for any product in the world) are not guaranteed and usually have problems. That's why we call it a beta, it's a version people can play with. I think it's a bad practice to submit an app with 3rd party dependencies using beta versions. And CocoaPods handles that, as you can't get a beta version only explicitly. I strongly recommend you stick to 2.0.x until an official 2.1.0 is released. And this recommendation applies to all the other libraries that you use.

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[rivera-ernesto]

They can't have that issue if you are using CocoaPods. Otherwise the manual version in the project may be wrong and we need a pull request to update it.

[Autoc0diq]

git checkout tags/2.0.2
more Framework/Lumberjack/CocoaLumberjack-Info.plist

CFBundleShortVersionString
2.0.0-rc

[Autoc0diq]

We use Carthage not CocoaPods. The version in the Info.plist is the truth.

[bpoplauschi]

Ok, now it makes sense. I didn't know that (not using Carthage might explain it).