python3Package.duckduckgo-search: drop

This package is now a duplicate of ddgs. It had been kept for retro
compatiblity reasons, but has since been updated by mistake in a large
PR, #431074.

doc/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md

@@ -240,6 +240,10 @@
 
 - `mariadb` now defaults to `mariadb_114` instead of `mariadb_1011`, meaning the default version was upgraded from 10.11.x to 11.4.x. See the [upgrade notes](https://mariadb.com/kb/en/upgrading-from-mariadb-10-11-to-mariadb-11-4/) for potential issues.
 
+- `python3Packages.duckduckgo-search` has been updated to v9+ and therefore has been renamed to ddgs.
+  Use `python3Packages.ddgs` instead.
+  See [release note for v9.0.0](https://github.com/deedy5/ddgs/releases/tag/v9.0.0)
+
 ## Other Notable Changes {#sec-nixpkgs-release-25.11-notable-changes}
 
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pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix

@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ mapAliases {
   doctest-ignore-unicode = throw "doctest-ignore-unicode has been removed since it has been unmaintained for 11 years"; # added 2024-05-20
   dogpile_cache = dogpile-cache; # added 2021-10-28
   dogpile-core = throw "dogpile-core is no longer maintained, use dogpile-cache instead"; # added 2021-11-20
-  duckduckgo-search = ddgs; # added 2025-10-20
+  duckduckgo-search = throw "duckduckgo-search was renamed to ddgs, use ddgs instead"; # added 2025-10-20
   dugong = throw "dugong is unmaintained since 2022 and has therefore been removed"; # added 2024-12-12
   editdistance-s = throw "editdistance-s has been removed since it was added solely for the identity package, which has moved on to ukkonen"; # added 2025-08-04
   easyeda2ato = throw "easyeda2ato as been removed in favor of atopile-easyda2kicad"; # added 2025-06-08