Github user dpogue commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/257
The only reasons to go through the archive step is to ensure that the build
is signed with the right certificates. Building and deploying the .app directly
would be signed with a development certificate instead of a distribution one.
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