warning MA002 is raised claiming that packages are not automatically included, yet packages *are* automatically included - leading to making it impossible to add a direct reference to an implicit package through tooling

[nkolev92]

Description

The maui templates raise warnings about packages not being included automatically, yet those exact packages are included automatically.

This behavior means that it is impossible to add a direct reference to an implicit package through tooling, because as far as the tooling is concerned, the package is already added in an imported file.

Steps to Reproduce

D:\Maui216> dotnet --version 8.0.300-preview.24101.10

1. dotnet new maui
2. dotnet remove package Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Compatibility
3. dotnet remove package Microsoft.Maui.Controls
4. dotnet restore
5. dotnet list package

Observe that at step 4, a warning is raised:

warning MA002: Starting with .NET 8, setting <UseMaui>true</UseM aui> does not automatically include NuGet package references in your project. Update your project by including this item: <PackageReference Include="Mic rosoft.Maui.Controls" Version="8.0.6" />. You can skip this warning by setting <SkipValidateMauiImplicitPackageReferences>true</SkipValidateMauiImplicitP ackageReferences> in your project file. [D:\Maui216\Maui216.csproj::TargetFramework=net8.0-android]

However, note that the package is still implicitly added.

Link to public reproduction project repository

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Version with bug

Unknown/Other

Is this a regression from previous behavior?

No, this is something new

Last version that worked well

Unknown/Other

Affected platforms

iOS, Android, Windows, macOS

Affected platform versions

No response

Did you find any workaround?

No response

Relevant log output

D:\Maui216> dotnet restore
  Determining projects to restore...
C:\Program Files\dotnet\packs\Microsoft.Maui.Sdk\8.0.6\Sdk\BundledVersions.targets(85,5): warning MA002: Starting with .NET 8, setting  <UseMaui>true</UseMaui>  does not automatically include NuGet package re
ferences in your project.  Update your project by including this item:  <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Maui.Controls" Version="8.0.6" />.  You can skip this warning by setting  <SkipValidateMauiImplicit
PackageReferences>true</SkipValidateMauiImplicitPackageReferences>  in your project file. [D:\Maui216\Maui216.csproj::TargetFramework=net8.0-android]
C:\Program Files\dotnet\packs\Microsoft.Maui.Sdk\8.0.6\Sdk\BundledVersions.targets(85,5): warning MA002: Starting with .NET 8, setting  <UseMaui>true</UseMaui>  does not automatically include NuGet package re
ferences in your project.  Update your project by including this item:  <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Maui.Controls" Version="8.0.6" />.  You can skip this warning by setting  <SkipValidateMauiImplicit
PackageReferences>true</SkipValidateMauiImplicitPackageReferences>  in your project file. [D:\Maui216\Maui216.csproj::TargetFramework=net8.0-ios]
C:\Program Files\dotnet\packs\Microsoft.Maui.Sdk\8.0.6\Sdk\BundledVersions.targets(85,5): warning MA002: Starting with .NET 8, setting  <UseMaui>true</UseMaui>  does not automatically include NuGet package re
ferences in your project.  Update your project by including this item:  <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Maui.Controls" Version="8.0.6" />.  You can skip this warning by setting  <SkipValidateMauiImplicit
PackageReferences>true</SkipValidateMauiImplicitPackageReferences>  in your project file. [D:\Maui216\Maui216.csproj::TargetFramework=net8.0-maccatalyst]
C:\Program Files\dotnet\packs\Microsoft.Maui.Sdk\8.0.6\Sdk\BundledVersions.targets(85,5): warning MA002: Starting with .NET 8, setting  <UseMaui>true</UseMaui>  does not automatically include NuGet package re
ferences in your project.  Update your project by including this item:  <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Maui.Controls" Version="8.0.6" />.  You can skip this warning by setting  <SkipValidateMauiImplicit
PackageReferences>true</SkipValidateMauiImplicitPackageReferences>  in your project file. [D:\Maui216\Maui216.csproj::TargetFramework=net8.0-windows10.0.19041.0]
  All projects are up-to-date for restore.

D:\Maui216> dotnet list package
Project 'Maui216' has the following package references
   [net8.0-android34.0]:
   Top-level Package                               Requested   Resolved
   > Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Debug            8.0.0       8.0.0
   > Microsoft.Maui.Controls                       8.0.6       8.0.6
   > Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Compatibility         8.0.6       8.0.6
   > Microsoft.NET.ILLink.Tasks              (A)   [8.0.1, )   8.0.1

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[Redth]

@mattleibow It seems the messaging text is misleading here, and we should correct it.