This extension adds basic copy\paste and set weight capabilities, common in other 3d editors but for some reason not in Blender:
The Paste Weights operator has two options:
Clear existing weights
removes existing vertex groups for target vertices before the pastingNormalize weights
normalizes weights after pasting if the copied ones were not normalizedI didn't find any free extension that provides them, so I wrote it myself
This extension does not require special permissions.