Simpler Plugin Installation
Operating System: any
Description of the feature
A "File -> Install Plugin" menu option, that would automatically install a plugin, which can be distributed inside of zip package (with version, UID, description and signature), named like say my-cool-filter-v0.9.gplug. And a repository for approved plugins, because Gimp registry seems to be down. Optionally, an embedded search for these plugins in a repository.
Use cases
Requiring users, who can't tell Scheme from Python, to manually place plugins *.py and *.scm files in a place like %HOMEPATH%\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\2.10\plug-ins\ seems too much, and Gimp's location is different on different systems. A method for autoinstalling plugins would simplify life of both users and plugin authors.
Edited by Nikita Sadkov