[Libreoffice] Python LibO bootstrapping on Mac

Just a quick question :

Say I want to develop a python module that bootstraps LibO on Mac from
outside the LibO application - will this work on OSX 10.6 bearing in
mind that the Apple supplied version is Python 2.6 and mac ports is
offering version 2.7 ?

I saw that Christian proposed some patches that enabled this possibility
with respect to the OOo source code

http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=111496

but it appears they never got integrated. Any idea whether they are in
the LibO tree ? If they are, which bit version of python needs to be
invoked, 32bit or 64bit ? I guess 32bit ? Is there a variable for this ?
I'm starting to see people develop / want to develop python solutions to
run OOo/LibO, but I'm a bit confused as to what is actually possible,
and on which platforms / OSes.

TIA,

Alex