Explore best practices for creating and maintaining high-quality Python packages for PyPI in this 25-minute EuroPython 2017 conference talk. Discover tools and techniques used by popular projects like Django, Pandas, and Faker to ensure package quality and encourage contributions. Learn about using Makefiles for automation, structuring .gitignore files, managing Python versions with pyenv, testing across environments with tox, consolidating configurations in setup.cfg, and setting coding standards with EditorConfig. Gain insights into effective project structure, test configuration, and DevOps practices to elevate your Python package development skills.