Add framework archive to release

[ky1ejs]

All you have to do is:

$ carthage build --no-skip-current

$ carthage archive PhoneNumberKit

Then just upload the .zip in the project root.

This will save a bunch of time on CI server and the like.

[marmelroy]

Thanks Kyle.

Personally I don't think offering the pre-built framework is the best way to integrate third-party code. However, I can see how some people would appreciate the option (saving some CI time is appealing).

I'll keep it in mind for the next release.

[ky1ejs]

Awesome! Thanks you! 😊

I agree, but purely for CI alone it's a massive benefit, especially when you have several dependancies. Building each one, then build and testing your own app easily becomes a 10+ min process.

[marmelroy]

Hey Kyle! Doing a little clean up of open issues...

Even though it will dramatically speed up CI, I still think it's best to avoid shipping prebuilt binaries of PhoneNumberKit, at least until Swift has a stable ABI.

From Apple:

It would be dangerous to rely upon binary frameworks that use Swift — especially from third parties. As Swift changes, those frameworks will be incompatible with the rest of your app.
https://developer.apple.com/swift/blog/?id=2

[ky1ejs]

Yeah that makes sense. I can fork and upload a prebuilt binary to my fork for the CI.

P.S. really good seeing you at NSLondon the other week! :)