Due to my overall workload, I have not had a chance to look much after the Python packages in OpenEmbedded. For the OpenMoko distribution, we want to stay neutral against scripting languages, that is, there won't be an official recommendation.
However, my personal take on that should be well known. At the time I'm writing this, I'm working on a major Python upgrade in OpenEmbedded, bringing all Python packages up to date and adding some optimization patches I have been working on.
Unfortunately, this also means I have to deprecate some of the packages which are end-of-life and won't work with Python 2.5 -- notably this involves the Python Qt Bindings for Qt/Embedded 2.x which I have been maintaining for quite some time. I no longer work on Opie though and I am not even sure if there were other people than me using these bindings.