FWIW, to get openssl/python to work I installed the following packages (in order).
I'm positive you don't need all these packages but I'm prettyer sure you need pyopenssl before openssl will install.
opkg install bzip2
opkg install unzip
opkg install tar
opkg install wget
opkg install fdisk
opkg install e2fsprogs
opkg install openssh-sftp-server
opkg install distribute
opkg install pyopenssl
opkg install python-openssl