Comment 1 for bug 321324

1) Is it really that much effort to have to edit 2 files?

2) That might be more tricky, but can't you just edit the UUID, or use something like rsync to backup files (which is what I do)

3) You say you don't see the point with UUID's and you only see disadvantages? Well, point number 1 for UUID's - devices don't always enumerate in the same order (especially with removable hardware about), so you can't gurantee that your device nodes will be the same on every boot. UUID's (and LABEL's) are a lot more reliable than device nodes.

You are free to edit your fstab to use device nodes as opposed to UUID's if you so wish, but it shouldn't be default