Not to mention that slapd.conf is still far more readable that any slapd.d ldif...
Definitely not. slapd.conf allows people to put things in all sorts of random order that slapd "fixes" when it reads in the slapd.conf file. cn=config enforces correct ordering, so with cn=config you can tell exactly what is happening, where it can be a muddled mess with slapd.conf.
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