Solution: Package: Retrieving 3.8 Packages
Hint
Remember that prior to eZ Publish 3.8 packages were distributed within the download source packages themselves. After eZ Publish 3.8 the packages were distributed to the installation during the setup wizard package import.
Did you know If you create the 'packages' directory in the root ezpublish directory and download the required packages into this directory before running the setup wizard you will install your packages via local sources overriding the remote sources.
Local packages installation and setup wizard completion time is much faster than remote package import and installation during setup wizard.