directories-next was created because directories was not maintained at the time. However, directories has gotten active maintainership since, and it has received more updates than directories-next.
directories also has more recent downloads than its next counterpart, so it might make sense to switch to it, to avoid unnecessary duplicate dependencies, where a project depends transitively on both directories and directories-next.
The main question is whether we depend on any specific behavior from directories-next.
directories-nextwas created becausedirectorieswas not maintained at the time. However,directorieshas gotten active maintainership since, and it has received more updates thandirectories-next.directoriesalso has more recent downloads than itsnextcounterpart, so it might make sense to switch to it, to avoid unnecessary duplicate dependencies, where a project depends transitively on bothdirectoriesanddirectories-next.The main question is whether we depend on any specific behavior from
directories-next.