ImportError: cannot import name 'six' from 'sklearn.externals'

[NolanC33]

When trying to follow along https://github.com/gkhayes/mlrose/blob/master/tutorial_examples.ipynb ,

I get the following:

(base) nolan@nolanDesktop:.../optimization$ python3 ./thing.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./thing.py", line 1, in <module>
    import mlrose
  File "/home/nolan/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/mlrose/__init__.py", line 12, in <module>
    from .neural import NeuralNetwork, LinearRegression, LogisticRegression
  File "/home/nolan/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/mlrose/neural.py", line 12, in <module>
    from sklearn.externals import six
ImportError: cannot import name 'six' from 'sklearn.externals' (/home/nolan/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/sklearn/externals/__init__.py)

which is resolved by https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61867945/python-import-error-cannot-import-name-six-from-sklearn-externals

(this appears related to #54)

Could the library be updated such that the workaround is no longer needed?

(base) nolan@nolanDesktop:.../optimization$ pip3 show mlrose
Name: mlrose
Version: 1.3.0
Summary: MLROSe: Machine Learning, Randomized Optimization and Search
Home-page: https://github.com/gkhayes/mlrose
Author: Genevieve Hayes
Author-email: None
License: BSD
Location: /home/nolan/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages
Requires: numpy, scipy, sklearn
Required-by:

[ialxn]

Recent versions of sklear-externals do not provide six anymore. Import it as standalone package.
I'v added a patch that should fix things.

0001-BUGFIX-sklearn-does-not-provide-six-anymore.-Import-.txt