Upstream is at v1.2.5 now, but we need to upgrade our dependencies first. Heads up: the --with-pcre-dir option has been removed in v1.2.5 (at least), so someone should double-check src_configure during the upgrade.
*** Bug 613388 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
We can add it now.
pecl-mongodb-1.2.9 added to the main repo
Thanks Brian