[oe-users] Overwhelmed by Python options

[Yang]

Hi, I'd like to include a trimmed-down Python 2.5 as part of my
distro. I suppose I can try to do this manually, but there seems to
already be a bunch of Python packages available. I'm trying to figure
out what I should add to my top-level image .bb file.

If these packages break up Python into smaller pieces, I'd like to be
able to tell which pieces consist of what, so that I can pick and
choose.

If OTOH these packages just deliver Python in full with all std lib
modules included (I'm guessing this is the case), I plan to just
remove std lib module files as a post-processing step, after the image
.tar is generated. Does this approach sound reasonable?

Thanks a bunch for your advice!