I often receive emails telling me that Dotdeb is a great tool, but that some useful packages are missing, such as some PECL extensions. I wish I could maintain many and many packages, but I don’t think it’s a good idea for the Dotdeb’s overall quality and for my free time 😉 Sorry for that.
Then, this article will show you how to build packages from your favorite PECL extensions in a strict Debian way, using the dh-make-php package.