fix: handle empty package description in table row display

[vmrjnvc]

🔗 Linked issue

Extra PR for the issue #1681

🧭 Context

In the first PR, we are not handling the scenario where the description contains only HTML tags. We would end up with empty boxes for the description package on the search page. Instead, we want to display dashes (-).

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The pull request modifies the Description column rendering logic in the TableRow component. Previously, a fallback hyphen was passed through the decodeHtmlEntities function alongside the description value. The change reorders this logic so the description (or empty string) is processed first through decoding and HTML tag stripping, with the fallback hyphen only applied if the resulting processed value is empty. This prevents unnecessary processing of the fallback character.

Possibly related PRs

• fix(ui): escape special characters in description #1582: Modifies the same Description rendering logic in app/components/Package/TableRow.vue with similar changes to how pkg.description and the fallback hyphen are handled through decodeHtmlEntities.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Description check	✅ Passed	The pull request description clearly explains the context and rationale for the change, directly addressing the handling of empty descriptions after HTML stripping.

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