def parse_requirements(file_text):
    """
    Parse a python requirements.txt string into a list of package names
    :param file_text: requirements.txt text
    :return: List of package names
    """
    lines = file_text.split("\n")
    packages = []
    for line in lines:
        if len(line) == 0:
            continue
        packages.append(line.split("=="))
    return packages