Comment 5 for bug 1579815

I know there are PPAs for it. But as the (now legacy) driver http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/php5-mongo is available in universe, the new/current driver should also be so it can be required / installed by dependecy managers without having to add custom repos and without having to compile it from source (via PECL install)

I dont see the dependencies you are mentioning. php5-mongo only depends on libc6 and php5-common (see http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/php5-mongo).
The same would apply for the new drivers package php5-mongodb. They are built the same way against same PHP5-API.
Theres nothing else that would need backporting.

The new driver isnt designed specifically for PHP7. Thousands of people are using it with PHP5.
See the pecl page

Dependencies
PHP Version: PHP version 7.99.99 or older
PHP Version: PHP 5.4.0 or newer

The pacakge I'm asking for is the successor of the existing one and supersedes it. Instead of bumping versions, the project owners decided to rename it.

Having this package available from universe would really help thousands working with e.g. Laravel PHP framework.
The matter of fact that the package got renamed and not being avail. in official repos already caused alot questions on Stackoverflow as people get stuck.
I took the same way and thought someone has to try to get things sorted with this package.
So I'm asking on behalf of alot people. Its not an individual request.