autopkgtest of unity8 fail on Xenial

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement]

autopkgtest of unity8 always failed on Xenial on all archs
http://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/packages/u/unity8/

The following tests fail on amd64:
FAIL! : ListViewWithPageHeaderTest::testHeaderPositionBug1240118() Compared doubles are not the same (fuzzy compare)
FAIL! : qmltestrunner::DashContent::test_unfavoriteScope() Uncaught exception: Cannot read property 'width' of null
FAIL! : qmltestrunner::GenericScopeView::test_favorite(Music) 'Could not find the favorite action.' returned FALSE. ()
FAIL! : qmltestrunner::GenericScopeView::test_favorite(People) 'Could not find the favorite action.' returned FALSE. ()
FAIL! : qmltestrunner::GenericScopeView::test_settingsOpenClose() Uncaught exception: Cannot read property 'width' of null
FAIL! : qmltestrunner::PageHeaderLabelTest::test_history() Compared values are not the same
FAIL! : qmltestrunner::PageHeaderLabelTest::test_popover() Compared values are not the same
FAIL! : tst_DirectionalDragArea::dragWithShortDirectionChange() Received a fatal error.
FAIL! : tst_DragHandle::dragThreshold_horizontal(not rotated) Received a fatal error.
FAIL! : tst_FloatingFlickable::tapGoesThrough() Received a fatal error.
task-0: FAIL! : SessionBackendTest::testLogin1Capabilities() Compared values are not the same

Same tests fail on armhf plus this test:
FAIL! : qmltestrunner::Card::test_fallback() property visible

[Albert Astals Cid (aacid)]

ListViewWithPageHeaderTest::testHeaderPositionBug1240118() is fixed by https://code.launchpad.net/~aacid/unity8/xenial_lvwph_test_fix/+merge/281519

DashContent::test_unfavoriteScope() is fixed by https://code.launchpad.net/~aacid/unity8/fixQmlTestsNewSDK/+merge/280260

GenericScopeView::test_favorite(Music) is fixed by https://code.launchpad.net/~aacid/unity8/fixQmlTestsNewSDK/+merge/280260

GenericScopeView::test_favorite(People) is fixed by https://code.launchpad.net/~aacid/unity8/fixQmlTestsNewSDK/+merge/280260

GenericScopeView::test_settingsOpenClose() is fixed by https://code.launchpad.net/~aacid/unity8/fixQmlTestsNewSDK/+merge/280260

tst_DirectionalDragArea::dragWithShortDirectionChange() is fixed by https://code.launchpad.net/~dandrader/unity8/fixDragHandleTest/+merge/280733

tst_DragHandle::dragThreshold_horizontal is fixed by https://code.launchpad.net/~dandrader/unity8/fixDragHandleTest/+merge/280733

tst_FloatingFlickable::tapGoesThrough is fixed by https://code.launchpad.net/~dandrader/unity8/fixDragHandleTest/+merge/280733

PageHeaderLabelTest::test_history is fixed by https://code.launchpad.net/~aacid/unity8/forceActiveFocusDashHeader/+merge/281085

PageHeaderLabelTest::test_popover is fixed by https://code.launchpad.net/~aacid/unity8/forceActiveFocusDashHeader/+merge/281085

SessionBackendTest::testLogin1Capabilities is https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity8/+bug/1498825

I'm investigating the Card test failures on armhf

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package unity8 - 8.11+16.04.20160129-0ubuntu1

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unity8 (8.11+16.04.20160129-0ubuntu1) xenial; urgency=medium

  [ Albert Astals Cid ]
  * Audio Preview Button: Don't gain focus on press (LP: #1517830)
  * Better attempt at sanitization
  * Better looking application scopes for wide screens
  * Call printSettings correctly
  * Card test: Limit the precision we ask for doubles to be equal
  * Convert while into tryCompareFunction
  * Do not use the same filepath parameter for all the card creator
    createQmlObject calls (LP: #1536379)
  * Fix some test shells being unstable in the armhf builders
  * Make revealByEdgePush more stable
  * More reliable compares
  * Move the mouse over the bfb before waiting for rendering
  * Remove the DDAs constrains for every test
  * Set the background source size to the max we'll need + new
    background (LP: #1539011)

  [ Andrea Cimitan ]
  * Dynamically change click scope card size according to size (LP:
    #1536745)
  * Should fix lazyimage test failures on fast machines

  [ CI Train Bot ]
  * Fix card tests on the phone
  * Update translation template

  [ Daniel d'Andrada ]
  * Desktop stage rotates only to follow screen orientation (LP:
    #1515977)

  [ Lukáš Tinkl ]
  * Hide/reveal the mouse pointer on touch/mouse events renamed:
    plugins/Utils/HomeKeyWatcher.cpp =>
    plugins/Utils/WindowInputMonitor.cpp plugins/Utils/HomeKeyWatcher.h
    => plugins/Utils/WindowInputMonitor.h
    tests/mocks/Utils/HomeKeyWatcher.qml =>
    tests/mocks/Utils/WindowInputMonitor.qml
    tests/plugins/Utils/HomeKeyWatcherTest.cpp =>
    tests/plugins/Utils/WindowInputMonitorTest.cpp

  [ Michael Terry ]
  * Synchronize the mouse-cursor-speed and touchpad-cursor-speed
    properties with USC. (LP: #1536383)

  [ Michael Zanetti ]
  * Add InputMethod to secondary screen
  * Add a virtual Touchpad while external screen is connected
  * Make big tablets switch to windowed mode by plugging a kbd only (LP:
    #1535399)
  * Prevent alt key presses from being dispatched to the app on alt+tab
    (LP: #1532862)

  [ Michał Sawicz ]
  * Make qmluitests.sh more robust and allow parallel test execution
  * Skip SessionBackendTest::testLogin1Capabilities until we talk to a
    mock instead (LP: #1532112, #1532113)

 -- Michał Sawicz <email address hidden> Fri, 29 Jan 2016 11:53:27 +0000