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Tree-Shake python dependencies

Discussed in https://github.com/orgs/kivy/discussions/22

^{Originally posted by baseplate-admin January 5, 2024}
As it stands,

The apk generated by python-for-android are large in size and nature.

I was wondering if it was possible to tree shake the android venv to reduce size.

Possible paths :

• Compile python with bare minimum: This means we remove the stdlib to a bare minimum for our app to function.
• Remove codes from venv : Tools like dead and vulture can be of use here.
• Use better compression algorithm : Maybe support brotli/zstd instead of .zip ( or maybe even 7-zip )