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 Package transition
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-``scvi`` is transitioning to ``scvi-tools``. If you're looking for ``scvi`` source code, please use the branch tags. ``scvi`` is still available via pypi and bioconda, but there will be no future releases past ``0.6.8``. An alpha-release of ``scvi-tools`` is currently available. We expect an official release by October 2nd.
+``scvi`` is transitioning to ``scvi-tools``. If you're looking for ``scvi`` source code, please use the branch tags. ``scvi`` is still available via pypi and bioconda, but there will be no future releases past ``0.6.8``. A beta release of ``scvi-tools`` is currently available. We expect an official release by October 2nd.
 
 .. _documentation: https://scvi-tools.org/
 .. _`contributing guide`: https://scvi.readthedocs.io/en/stable/contributing.html