I am very wary of changes that increase the complexity of Ninja (in
particular, new build file syntax or command-line flags) or increase
-the maintenance burden of Ninja. Ninja is already successfully in use
+the maintenance burden of Ninja. Ninja is already successfully used
by hundreds of developers for large projects and it already achieves
(most of) the goals I set out for it to do. It's probably best to
discuss new feature ideas on the mailing list before I shoot down your