It is worth mentioning that the link takes you to a page where you can vote. There you can vote whether Lucee should: 1. continue supporting both Application.cfm and Application.cfc by default (the way things currently are), or 2. support only Application.cfc by default. I have cast my vote.

keep in mind only a subset of functionality is supported by application.cfm

I did.😀

I read the post, and oh no, I have to use Application.CFC vs Application.CFM. Now, if you want to impress me, let me define the file I want to use for the Application.CFC and allow me to place that file outside a webroot

you mean

.CFconfig.json

?:)

if I can do that in the CFconfig,json, or as a init param, I am all for it.

Lucee 7 brings this to the table https://luceeserver.atlassian.net/browse/LDEV-4978

I like the singleton idea.