function Get-ChocoStateReleaseInput {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
	Returns a list of package name/version/feed objects from an unsanitized user input list of "package version"'s.
#>
    [CmdletBinding()]
    [OutputType([System.Object])]
    Param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [string]$text
    )

    $option = [System.StringSplitOptions]::RemoveEmptyEntries;
    $lines = $text.Split([Environment]::NewLine, $option);

    $validPackages = @();
    $lines | ForEach-Object {

        # Cut down whitespace.
        $line = ($_ -replace '\s+', ' ').Trim();
        $data = $line.Split(' ', $option);

        # Arbitrary but reasonably effective means of filtering for valid name/version text input lines.
        if (($data.count -eq 2) -and ($data[1] -like "*.*")) {
            $properties = @{ Name = $data[0]; Version = $data[1]; Feed = $null; Tags = $null; };
            $pkg = New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Prop $properties;

            $validPackages += $pkg;
        } else {
            write-error "$_ is not a valid package name and version"
        }
    };

    return $validPackages;
}