Anyone around to have a look at a 2.9 port?

We've made some progress on getting Ostrich to compile and test under 2.9 (issue #/29), but a couple of users are stuck on possibly Ruby+Gem issues (see e.g., issue #34) and I'm having local-publish issues (projects not being able to find my local built ostrich). If anyone is around to offer pointers that would be fantastic.