Apache 1.3.13+ allows you to Include all the files from a directory into the configuration http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/core.html#include This should make configuration management of apache modules, especially those outside of the normal apache rpm, much easier, much in the same way xinetd.d is working.
This is already planned for a future release (probably the next one), when we'll be making more extensive changes to the Apache configuration.